The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
The power or right to exercise authority.
The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
To clean up an area.
To enforce norms or standards upon.
To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).