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1 Government Agency

An authority can also be a government agency set up with a particular competence and is able to deal with all matters within its charter; such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and a Port Authority. They are usually created by special legislation and are run by a board of directors. See Special-purpose district.

2 See also

• appeal to authority
• power
• trust
• régime
• law
• seniority
• conformity.

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AuthorityIn politics, authority generally refers to the ability to make laws, independent of the power to enforce them, or the ability to permit something. People obey authority out of respect, while they obey power out of fear. For example, the congress has the a Authority and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsTo a higher degree than most Christian denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invests its leadership hierarchy with a great deal of spiritual, ideological, and factual authority. Critics of the Church charge that it is unreasonably