Source Of Authority

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SOA
Pronunciation
/sɔrs əv əˈθɔrəti/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
US Government

Examples in Context

  1. Unique legitimate body and source of authority
  2. What is the source of authority?
  3. Air, a vital source of authority that decides the movement of his sculpture is eloquently manipulated as Lee investigates its bi-polar propensity in simultaneously providing life and death.
  4. There is for Hobbes, as for Thrasymachus, no higher court of appeal than the will or the word of the sovereign, no transcendent law, no divine law, no source of authority outside sovereign command.
  5. For the two organizations, differences on the nature, source of authority, the legitimacy of basic and operational mechanism lead to frequent conflicts between the two committees.

Other meanings of SOA