Definitions

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  • noun Alternative spelling of authorization.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
  • noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  • noun a document giving an official instruction or command
  • noun official permission or approval

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Examples

  • As you should know once the authorisation is given to use firearms it is then down to the individual officer as to how and when to use their firearm, until authorization is withdrawn. on February 10, 2010 at 1: 27 pm Shafted

    Why front-line police officers are glad about Dizaei « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • These documents must be sent to Mexico in order for your associates to request the authorisation from the Immigration Office.

    Doing business in Mexico: general legal, business & entry issues 2007

  • These documents must be sent to Mexico in order for your associates to request the authorisation from the Immigration Office.

    Doing business in Mexico: general legal, business & entry issues 2007

  • According to the Post, Einhorn gave his Chinese counterparts a "significant list" of companies and banks that Washington believes are violating UN sanctions against Iran without authorisation from the Chinese government.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) the police don’t need any authorisation from a judge to bug your conversations - they can and do authorise themselves.

    Superbug « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Importantly, it acknowledges that Iraq's failure to comply with the inspections regime established under 687 'poses a threat to international peace and security' and recalls the authorisation given in Resolution 678 to use "all necessary means" to 'restore international peace and security in the area'.

    Parliamentary Speech - Speech from from the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2003

  • The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide, within one year of the Annual General Meeting, on increasing the share capital through one or more rights issues so that the total number of shares to be subscribed for on the basis of the authorisation is a maximum of 2,168,100, from which a maximum of 300,000 shares can be used in stock options.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The regulator would be able to recall his authorisation if Tourre were found to have committed fraud by the SEC.

    The Guardian World News Jill Treanor 2010

  • The problem is that your board has been modified to use auth_joomla_pbc. php for handling username authorisation, and that file is no longer present, as it was added by Joomla.

    phpBB.com JimA 2010

  • The problem is that your board has been modified to use auth_joomla_pbc. php for handling username authorisation, and that file is no longer present, as it was added by Joomla.

    phpBB.com ric323 2010

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