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Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

Capable of being authorized. Hammond.

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

able at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trad…

a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. -- Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

One authorized to collect debts.

A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.

The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle.

copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot.

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.…