federal authority

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalandauthority

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federal
adjective
uk
/ˈfed.ər.əl/us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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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 offederalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The debates reflected the larger national divisions over the power of the executive and the meaning offederalauthority.
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But like the founders of the constitutional period, he craved political and economic stability through a consolidating process that rebuked earlier arguments for keepingfederalauthoritydecentralized.
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Of course, a federation has a centralfederalauthority.
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It means in fact for nations total national disarmament inside a strongfederalauthority.
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The problem of defence is politically the problem of obtaining a supra-nationalfederalauthority.
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They have not been imposed on them by anyfederalauthority.
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The other school of thought held that each sovereign state should give up part of its sovereignty to a centralisedfederalauthority.
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We do not live in afederalauthority.
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All these judges are appointed by the centralfederalauthority, and the privilege of appointment is carefully guarded.
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We fear, for example, that the refusal to develop a truefederalauthoritywill result in a common foreign and security policy which cannot really function properly.
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There must be afederalauthorityat the centre, with executive powers, if we are to carry through these great schemes and raise the necessary capital.
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I remember having long discussions about planning decisions, many of which were to be reserved or at least held at the discretion of thefederalauthority.
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When moral andfederalauthorityin the form of the police are confronted with such a situation, authority had better look to see exactly where it is going.
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In face of great difficulty, the territories have agreed that certain functions and powers can be fittingly transferred, or can devolve, to thefederalauthoritywhen it is set up.
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In so far as it affects this trade, it is only complementary to the regulations established underfederalauthority.
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This is a crucial precedent establishing broadfederalauthorityto preserve historic sites.
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In general, he favored extension offederalauthority.
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It is a federal research institute and a higherfederalauthoritydivided into 15 specialized institutes.
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They required the development of certain water quality standards and expandedfederalauthorityin upholding the standards.
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As a state defense force, it is not subject to anyfederalauthoritywith regard to assignment and/or control.
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