Legal Definition and Related Resources of Authorize

To empower; give a right to act. People v Young, 241 N.E.2d 587, 100 III.App.2d 20.

verb

• accord
• accredit
• acquiesce in
• admit
• advocate
• affirm
• agree to
• allow
• appoint
• approve
• assent to
• assign
• auctor esse
• be favorable to
• be in favor of
• certify
• charge
• charter
• commission
• concede
• confer a privilege
• conferà right
• confirm
• confirm officially
• consent to
• consign
• countenance
• credit
• declare lawful
• delegate to
• depute
• empower
• enable
• endorse
• endow
• endow with power
• enfranchise
• entitle
• entrust
• establish
• formalize
• formally sanction
• give a right
• give authority
• give leave
• give permission
• give power
• go along with
• grant
• grant claims
• grant permission
• have no objection
• homologate
• interpose no obstacles
• invest with power
• legalize
• legislate
• legitimate
• legitimatize
• legitimize
• license
• maintain
• make legal
• make valid
• permit
• potestatem facere
• prescribe
• privilege
• pronounce legal
• put in force
• recognize
• recommend
• release
• restore permission
• sanctify
• sanction
• sanction a claim
• sign
• subscribe to
• suffer to occur
• support by authority
• sustain
• sustain by authority
• tolerate
• underwrite
• vest with a title
• vouch for
• vouchsafe
• warrant Associated Concepts: agency
• delegation foreign phrases: Semper qui non prohibet pro se intervenire
• mandare creditur
• He who does not prohibit the intervention of another in his behalf is deemed to have authorized it
• He who does not prohibit the intervention of another in his behalf is deemed to have authorized it
• sanctify
• sanction
• sanction a claim
• sign
• subscribe to
• suffer to occur
• support by authority
• sustain
• sustain by authority
• tolerate
• underwrite
• validate
• vest with a title
• vouch for
• vouchsafe
• warrant Associated Concepts: agency
• delegation foreign phrases: Semper qui non prohibet pro se intervenire
• mandare creditur
• He who does not prohibit the intervention of another in his behalf is deemed to have authorized it

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Etimology of Authorize

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late 14c., auctorisen, autorisen, “give formal approval or sanction to,” also “confirm as authentic or true; regard (a book) as correct or trustworthy,” from Old French autoriser, auctoriser “authorize, give authority to” (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor (see author; this term is also a noun.). Meaning “give authority or legal power to” is from mid-15c. Modern spelling from late 16c. Related: Authorized; authorizing. Authorized Version as a popular name for the 1611 (“King James”) English Bible is from 1824.