What is AUTHORITY? Definition of AUTHORITY in Black's Law Dictionary
Permission. People v. Howard, 31 Cal.App. 358, 160 P. 697, 701. Control over, jurisdiction. State v. Home Brewing Co. of Indianapolis, 182 Ind. 75, 105 N.E. 909, 916. Often synonymous with power. State v. District Court of Eighth Judicial Dist. in and for Natrona County, 33 Wyo. 281, 238 P. 545, 548. The power delegated by a principal to his agent. Clark v. Griffin, 95 N.J.Law, 508, 113 A. 234, 235. The lawful delegation of power by one person to another. Rucks- Brandt Const. Co. v. Price, 165 Oki. 178, 23 P.2d 690, 692. Power of agent to affect legal relations of principal by acts done in accordance with principal's manifestations of consent to agent. In re Fitzpatrick's Estate, Sur., 17 N.Y.S.2d 280, 288.
General
Authority by estoppel. Not actual, but apparent only, being imposed on the principal because his conduct has been such as to mislead, so that it would be unjust to let him deny it. Moore v. Switzer, 78 Colo. 63, 239 P. 874, 875. See Apparent Authority.
Authority coupled with an interest. Authority given to an agent for a valuable consideration, or which forms part of a security. See Unger v. Newlin Haines Co., 94 N.J.Eq. 458, 120 A. 331, 335.
Apparent authority. That which, though not actually granted, the principal knowingly permits the agent to exercise, or which he holds him out as possessing. L. E. Mumford Banking Co. v. Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Kilmarnock, 116 Va. 449, 82 S.E. 112, 118. See Authority by Estoppel.
Express authority. That given explicitly, either In writing or orally. See Express Authority.
General authority. That which authorizes the agent to do everything connected with a particular business. Story, Ag. § 17. It empowers him to bind his principal by all acts within the scope of his employment; and it cannot be limited by any private direction not known to the party dealing with him. Paley, Ag. 199.
Implied authority. Actual authority circumstantially proved. Koivisto v. Bankers' & Merchants' Fire Ins. Co., 148 Minn. 255, 181 N.W. 580, 582. That which the principal intends his agent to possess, and which is implied from the principal's conduct. Moore v. Switzer, 78 Colo. 63, 239 P. 874, 875. It includes only such acts as are incident
and necessary to the exercise of the authority expressly granted. Coulson v. Stevens, 122 Miss. 797, 85 So. 83, 85.
Limited authority. Such authority as the agent has when he is bound by precise instructions.
Naked authority. That arising where the principal delegates the power to the agent wholly for the benefit of the former.
Special authority. That which is confined to an individual transaction. Whitehead v. Tuckett, 15 East, 400, 408. Such an authority does not bind the principal, unless it is strictly pursued. Paley, Ag. 202.
Unlimited authority. That possessed by an agent when he is left to pursue his own discretion.
Governmental Law
Legal power; a right to command or to act; the right and power of public officers to require obedience to their orders lawfully issued in the scope of their public duties. In the English law relating to public administration, an authority is a body having jurisdiction in certain matters of a public nature.
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