civil authority

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandauthority

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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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 ofcivilandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcivil authority

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They did nothing to establishcivilauthoritystructures or to encourage civil society organisations.
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A military ethos inevitably permeates thecivilauthorityas a result.
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Then, too, and even when trivialized,civilauthorityhad no rhetorical counter to a minister who questioned the world through the guiding hand of providence.
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It also transferred some responsibility for labour discipline from owners to a supposedly neutralcivilauthority.
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This is clearly not an easy issue, but with the proper adjustments to the preexistingcivilauthority structure, an effective resolution of these internal tensions is certainly possible.
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Overnight twenty-three prince-bishops or archbishops, and fortyfour princely abbots, ruling (on the whole benevolently and efficiently) over some three million subjects were stripped of allcivilauthority.
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Thomasius presented his work on church law as a defence of the rights of territorial rulers against the attempts of ' papistical clerics ' to aggrandize to themselves aspects ofcivilauthority.
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Since then the tension between the army and thecivilauthorityhas escalated to an intolerable level.
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They can only allow them to act on the requisition of thecivilauthority.
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Legitimate parental authority should be granted every respect by thecivilauthority.
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It is the religious authority which strives to dominate thecivilauthority, and when this kind of thing prevails there must be trouble.
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Is it not the duty of every citizen to assist thecivilauthorityin case of riot?
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There is the so-called primary role: support for the police and thecivilauthority.
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Thecivilauthoritynotified of the emergency would then be responsible for its control.
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It is putting the minister of religion and equally thecivilauthorityin a quite impossible position.
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I am simply arguing that its role in aid of thecivilauthorityshould be diminished.
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He seems to be quite unaware that thecivilauthorityhas no initial responsibility, either in the internment or the release of any aliens.
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Will it be an inquiry by acivilauthorityas distinguished from a military authority?
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The military authorities are perfectly entitled to ask the assistance of thecivilauthority.
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By established rules the military only act when the resources of thecivilauthorityare unequal to the task.
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