"Therefore my course is clear: I must persuade someone in legitimate authority to take that money from the bank and give it to me."
It will be remembered that the thesis is only about legitimate authority.
In light of the fact that the bishop had legitimate authority, Fr.
"But a just war must also be declared by legitimate authority," he said.
They might be on their way already, and he had no desire for confrontation with legitimate authorities.
That is not the mark of any legitimate authority I know.
Both describe themselves as the sole legitimate authority in all of China.
Whatever the legitimate authorities tell us, we would do.
The agency was well known for their lack of cooperation with legitimate authority.
I had no more legitimate authority than a talking toaster.