Authority

In order for authority to exist, power must be delegated from one entity/person to another lawfully. Authority without jurisdiction is no authority at all.

The lawful delegation of power by one person to another. RucksBrandt Const. Co. v. Price, 165 Oki. 178, 23 P.2d 690, 692.

Power of agent to affect legal relations of principal by acts done in accordance with principal's manifestations of consent to agent. In re Fitzpatrick's Estate, Sur., 17 N.Y.S.2d 280, 288.

Black’s Law Dictionary, 4th Edition Page 168

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