From that point on, at different moments in Canada's history, some leaders and groups have risen to claim authority.

Not even the queen would claim authority over you.

What is it to claim authority or to accept that someone has authority over one?

It will be a long time, if ever, before scientists claim authority on such issues as esthetic judgment.

Functioning without an official government but with at least two contenders claiming authority can be difficult.

The church claimed spiritual authority for its practices and attempted to control the society.

He had claimed authority over every human being in the Smoke Ring.

Neither of these men ever claimed Strang's office or authority, however.

The setting for death shifted from the home to the hospital, where doctors, rather than religious leaders, claimed authority.

Its government (the Mull) claims authority over the whole planet.