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• Taxation
  ...[[financial]] charge or other levy upon a taxpayer (an [[individual]] or [[legal]] entity) by a [[state]] or the [[functional]] equivalent of a state such t ...n, but an enforced [[contribution]], exacted pursuant to [[legislative]] [[authority]]" and is "any contribution imposed by government […] whether under the n
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• Dictum
  ...r [[belief]] considered authoritative though not binding, because of the [[authority]] of the person making it. ...multiple subtypes of ''dicta'', although due to their overlapping nature, legal practitioners in the U.S. colloquially use ''dicta'' to refer to any [[stat
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• Arrest
  *2: seize, capture; specifically : to take or keep in [[custody]] by [[authority]] of [[law]] ...n the above sense are that there must be an [[intent]] to arrest under the authority, accompanied by a seizure or detention of the person in the [[manner]] know
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• Charisma
  ...her two being [[traditional]] (feudal) authority and legal or [[rational]] authority. According to Weber, charisma is defined thus:
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• Bureaucracy
  ...ation of [[functions]], adherence to fixed rules, and a [[hierarchy]] of [[authority]] ...work that the assembly line brought to the factory. With the hierarchical authority and functional a specialization, they made possible the efficient undertaki
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• Patriarchy
  ...rked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and ...which the [[father]] or eldest [[male]] is head of the household, having [[authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] o
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• Invocation
  :b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification *3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement
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• Court
  ...a [[governmental]] [[institution]], with the [[authority]] to adjudicate [[legal]] disputes and dispense civil, [[criminal]], or administrative justice in a In the United States, the legal authority of a court to take action is based on three pillars of power over the parti
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• Appeal
  *1 : a [[legal]] proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher [[court]] for revie *3 a : an application (as to a recognized [[authority]]) for corroboration, vindication, or [[decision]]
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• Self Governance
  ...ion of the [[inhabitants]] of a political unit rather than by an outside [[authority]]; broadly : control of one's own affairs ...e necessary [[functions]] of [[power]] without [[intervention]] from any [[authority]] which they cannot themselves alter. Self rule is associated then in conte
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• Dominion
  *2: [[supreme]] [[authority]] : [[sovereignty]] ...e phrase Her Majesty's Dominions is still used occasionally in current-day legal documents in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingd
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• Indictments
  *1 a : the [[action]] or the [[legal]] [[process]] of indicting b : the [[state]] of being indicted *2 : a [[formal]] [[written]] [[statement]] framed by a prosecuting [[authority]] and found by a [[jury]] (as a grand jury) charging a [[person]] with an o
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• Convention
  *3. a. The action of summoning before a judge or other [[person]] in [[authority]]. Obs. ...amed the federal constitution in 1787; also, to a [[body]] meeting under [[authority]] of Congress to frame a constitution for a new [[state]], or convened by a
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• Principal
  *1: a person who has controlling [[authority]] or is in a [[leading]] position: as a : a chief or head man or woman ...ol]] and instruction; specifically : the person from whom an [[agent]]'s [[authority]] derives
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• Evacuation
  ...s]], town, position). Said also of the general in [[command]], or of the [[authority]] that orders the withdrawal. ...d, annul, deprive of [[force]] or validity. Chiefly in [[religious]] and [[legal]] phraseology.
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• Fatherhood
  *3. [[Authority]] of or as of a father in various senses; paternal authority, headship. Obs. ===Authority figure===
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• Sui Generis
  ==Legal applications== In [[law]], it is a term of [[art]] used to identify a legal classification that exists independently of other categorizations because o
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• Riot
  ...s]] lashing out in a sudden and [[intense]] rash of [[violence]] against [[authority]], [[property]] or people. While [[individuals]] may attempt to lead or [[c ...religions]], the outcome of a sporting [[event]] or [[frustration]] with [[legal]] channels through which to air grievances.
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• Taboo
  ...are put into place to avoid disrespect to any given [[authority]], be it [[legal]], [[moral]] and/or [[religious]]. An example of use in this [[context]] is
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• Refugees
  ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee Palestinian refugees] under the [[authority]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Relief_and_Works_Age
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