Definition of Authorities

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Authorities
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Precedents in statute law and in judicial opinions.

  • Authorities
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Citations to statutes, precedents, judicial decisions, and text-books of the law, made on the argument of questions of law or the trial of causes before a court, in support of the legal positions contended for.