CORPORATE AUTHORITY

corporate authority. 1. The power rightfully wielded by officers of a corporation. [Cases: Corporations 297, 300–303. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 460–461, 469–471.] 2. In some jurisdictions, a municipal officer, esp. one empowered to represent the municipality in certain statutory matters. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 168. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 370.]