Definition[]
Cryptography[]
Authority is
| “ | an external party that provides authentication, authorization, or both authentication and authorization.[1] | ” |
Digital certificates[]
An authority is
| “ | [a] body with the power to exercise prescribed functions. Generally used to refer to a body in charge of issuing digital certificates.[2] | ” |
Security[]
Authority is "[t]he right to access objects, resources, or functions."[3]
Social media[]
Authority is "[a] measure of how well-connected an entity is, based on its inbound links.[4]
Overview[]
Agency law[]
There are three bases by which an agent may be found to have legal authority to bind the principal to a contract. These are: