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[Eng.] -- Treasury note (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill issued by government authority from the Treasury Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the government.

Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.

Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. Dryden. A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong. Hare.

One of tree men united in public office or authority.

A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

oy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.

To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. Addison.

The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government. "Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need…

ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do…

Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide. The mind umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.

To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

To deprive of canonical authority.

To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. South.

to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. Dryden.

To deprive of the authority or character of law. [Obs.]

To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.] Milton.

To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.

Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.

To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty. [R.] Swift.