Article: coup d'état

Article: TVA
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      19 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: say-so
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      30 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 say-so (sa'so) n. [Colloq.] 1. (one's) word, opinion, assurance, etc. 2. right of decision; authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: fiefdom
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      29 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 fief|dom (-dm) n. [Colloq.] 1. fief 2. anything under a person's complete control or authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: allocution
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      30 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 al|lo|cu|tion (al|o kyoo'shn, al|-) n. a formal address, esp. one warning or advising with authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: empery
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      33 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 em|per|y (em'pr e) n., -per|ies [Old Poet.] 1. the sovereignty of an emperor; empire 2. broad dominion or authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: supremacy
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      31 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 su|prem|a|cy (-prem' se) n., -cies 1. the quality or state of being supreme 2. supreme power or authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: mediatize
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      37 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 me|di|a|tize (me'de tiz) vt. -tized, -tiz|ing to annex (a smaller state) to a larger one, leaving the ruler his or her title and some authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: in loco parentis
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      29 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 in lo|co pa|ren|tis (in lo'ko| p ren'tis) in the place of a parent, or of a parent's authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: res judicata
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      28 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 res ju|di|ca|ta (joo|di kat', -kt') Law a matter already decided by judicial authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: false arrest
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      31 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 false arrest Law any unlawful detention or restraint of a person by one claiming legal power or authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: quadrumvirate
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      37 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 quad|rum|vi|rate (kw drum'vi rit, -v-; -rat) n. 1. government by four persons 2. any group of four persons associated in office or authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: Watergate
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      46 words ......wot'r gat) n. a scandal that involves officials violating public trust through subterfuge, bribery, burglary, and other abuses of power in order to maintain their positions of authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: mutiny
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      54 words ......forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers--vi. -nied, -ny|ing to participate in a mutiny; revolt against constituted authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: posse
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      59 words ......sheriff in keeping the peace, pursuing felons, etc. b)a band of men, usually armed, so summoned: in full posse co|mi|ta|tus (km| tat's) 2. any body of persons armed with legal authority Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.