jurisdiction, management, rule, sway

legal authority

will to love

have authority or power, be entitled, be authorised

to choose, elect, adopt, to observe, approve of

(a matter) to be in one's power or jurisdiction or subject to one's authority

illegal power

be invested with power or authority

absolute authority

right of way or passage

the right to choose or differentiate between two contrasting things

marital authority

right to be heard

jurisdiction

summary power or jurisdiction

optional, under one's control

choice, election, preference, option, will, pleasure, discretion, disposal, control, power, authority, rights, privileges

take up one's abode, stay

hold a position, take a stand

to make (a place) one's country or home, to fix one's residence (in a place or country)

accept servitude

take service (with), to enter into the service (of)

independent, free agent, unrestrained

one in authority, one who possesses authority, autonomous