What is AUTHORIZE? Definition of AUTHORIZE in Black's Law Dictionary
To empower; to give a right or authority to act. Board of Com'rs of Sedgwick County v. Toland, 121 Kan. 109, 245 P. 1019, 1021. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power. Arkansas & Memphis Ry. Bridge & Terminal Co. v. State, 174 Ark. 420, 295 S.W. 378, 380. To permit a thing to be done in the future. Gray v. Gill, 210 N.Y.S. 658, 660, 125 Misc. 70. It has a mandatory effect or meaning, implying a direction to act. Quality Building & Securities Co. v. Bledsoe, 125 Cal.App. 493, 14 P.2d 128, 132.
"Authorized" is sometimes construed as equivalent to "permitted"; Crecelius v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., 274 Mo. 671, 205 S.W. 181, 186; and sometimes as equivalent to "directed"; U. S. Sugar Equalization Board v. P. De Ronde & Co., C. C.A.Del., 7 F.2d 981, 986; or to similar mandatory language. Catron v. Marron, 19 N.M. 200, 142 P. 380, 382. The word indicates merely possessed of authority; that is, possessed of legal or rightful power, the synonym of which is "competency." Doherty v. Kansas City Star Co., 143 Kan. 802, 57 P.2d 43, 45.
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