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Civil Authority

Definition: Civil Authority

Civil Authority

Noun

1. A person who exercises authority over civilian affairs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Civil Authority

English words defined with "civil authority": color of law, colour of lawEstablished churchGerontesIn chief, insurgentliberalisticnational censorshippacha, pasha, Praemunire, processseditious, subversive, summonsThe United States Sanitary Commission, triumvir, triumvirate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "civil authority": change of operational control, Civil Magistrate, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, PATROLmultidisciplinary. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Civil Authority

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Angola

In March Minister Tjipilica announced that a colonial-era law granting civil authority to the churches is to be put back into effect. (references)

Economic History

Guatemala

Strengthening civil authority and the role of the military in a democratic society. (references)

West Bank

Foreigners must obtain permission from the PA before purchasing property in areas under PA civil authority and from the Israeli Matak (the former Israeli Civil Administration) before purchasing property in West Bank areas under Israeli control. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

Second, civil authority has been slow to supplant that of the Civil Defense Patrols, which during the armed conflict conducted summary hearings in the town square and publicly executed alleged criminals or guerrillas. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

The SPLM/SPLA continued to violate citizens' rights, despite its claim that it was implementing a 1994 decision to assert civil authority in areas that it controls, and in many cases, has controlled for many years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Civil Authority

Language Translations for "civil authority"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hebrew 

  

ממשל אזרחי (state). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivilcay authorityay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Civil Authority

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-i-l-o-r-t-t-u-v-y"

-4 letters: cultivator, lathyritic, thiouracil, triviality, virtuality.

-5 letters: archivolt, authority, autolytic, chirality, rhyolitic, throatily, vitriolic, vorticity.

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Alternative Orthography: Civil Authority


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 76 69 6C      41 75 74 68 6F 72 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110110 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01110101 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#118 &#105 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#117 &#116 &#104 &#111 &#114 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0076 0069 006C      0041 0075 0074 0068 006F 0072 0069 0074 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37758875782358786748184758691

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Civil Authority"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקעברי, עברית

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationא 'לית
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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