territorial authority

collocation in English

meaningsofterritorialandauthority

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territorial
adjective
uk
/ˌter.ɪˈtɔː.ri.əl/us
/ˌter.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/
relating ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofterritorialandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the midnineteenth century, these clan groups developed some regionalterritorialauthoritythat extended beyond their control over clan members.
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This larger context includes the politics of alliance andterritorialauthorityfrom 1870-1918.
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He had only recently succeeded to the chiefship and was expanding his ownterritorialauthorityat the time.
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Is it intended that they should come under the central authority, or do they remain under theterritorialauthority?
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Is it intended that they should come under the central authority, or do they remain under theterritorialauthority.
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Does that mean that the central authority will be passing legislation which it will be the duty of the police under theterritorialauthorityto enforce?
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By that time the title had lost most of itsterritorialauthority.
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Territorialauthoritydistricts are not subdivisions of regions, and some of them fall within more than one region.
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It is the onlyterritorialauthorityin the region to be administered by a city council.
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They set their own levels of rates (tax), though the mechanism for collecting it usually involves channelling through theterritorialauthoritycollection system.
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In eachterritorialauthoritythere are commonly several community boards or area boards (see below).
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Most regional boundaries conform withterritorialauthorityboundaries but there are many exceptions.
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A lake's location is identified by the region and theterritorialauthority.
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The territories will go on being administered, as they are now, in most respects, by the territorial authorities.
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In this way, recognition is being taken away from territorial authorities in matters which are of great significance for them.
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We must not weaken the rules we adopt here, through democratic debate, by allowing the territorial authorities variable-geometry application, even on an exceptional basis.
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Training requirements and compliance depends on the provincial and territorial authorities who administer each course.
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