Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
The distribution of good and evil by God to man.