local authority

noun

1. the governing body of a county, district, etc US equivalentlocal government

Example Sentences

The same sentiment is echoed by the Local Authority Pension Fund, which has $100 billion invested in Sky.

From The Daily Beast

There is no evidence, however, which would justify us in crediting such gatherings with any substantial degree of local authority.

From Project Gutenberg

No discretion on either head should be vested in any local authority.

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This is, perhaps, the most difficult matter with which a local authority would have to deal.

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The Board of Guardians would assume more of the character of a local authority if it possessed greater freedom of action.

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The great principle of an admixture of centralization with local authority should not be lost sight of without urgent reasons.

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