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a document giving an official instruction or command
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the power or right to give orders or make decisions
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he has the authority to issue warrants
deputies are given authorization to make arrests
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a place of potency in the state
official permission or approval
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authority for the program was renewed several times
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
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