public authority
Noun
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Noun
public authority
- Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
- In a wider sense also various chartered organisations holding their authority from the above without being run by public officials
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