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Danish
Etymology
myndig (“authoritative, commanding, of age”) + -hed (“-ness”)
Noun
myndighed c (singular definite myndigheden, plural indefinite myndigheder)
- authority, whether real or perceived
2016, Morten Korch, Bonden fra Dige, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:»Tag den Snor bort,« bød hun, og Kræmmeren, som ikke kunde frigøre sig fra hendes Myndighed, tog Løkken fra Oberstens Hals.- Remove that string, she commanded, and the salesman, who could not free himself from her authority, removed the noose from the colonel's neck.
2016, Anne Marie Ejrnæs, At få form: Fire fortællinger, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Formodentlig var hun rådvild, for gæsten var kun underlagt hendes myndighed, så længe hun ønskede at opholde sig i klostret, men Héloïse havde ingen steder at gå hen.- Presumably, she did not know what to do, for the guest was only subject to her authority as long as she wished to remain in the monastery, but Héloïse had nowhere to go.
2015, Ib Michael, Grill, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Hendes tilstedeværelse i rummet når ud i alle hjørner, hendes myndighed er en helt anden slags, end den mænd udøver.- Her presence in the room reaches all corners, her authority is of a quite different sort than what men exercise.
- (especially in the plural) authority, governing organization
2012, Rasmus Mariager, Politik, historie og jura: politisk overvågning i Danmark og Skandinavien under Den Kolde Krigen, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 225:Adgang til hurtigt – og uden for store omkostninger – at få afprøvet myndighedernes afgørelser ved domstolene er også af central betydning.- The ability to quickly - and without too large costs - have the decisions of the authorities tested at the courts is also of central importance.
2005, C-samfundet, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 145:Modtrækket har været en lempelse af reglerne for myndighedernes ret til overvågning af borgerne.- The response has been a relaxation of the rules of the right of the authorities to surveil the citizens.
2008, Den skinbarlige virkelighed: om vidensproduktion inden for samfundsvidenskaberne, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 256:En forvaltningsmyndighed skal i fornødent omfang yde vejledning og bistand til personer, der retter henvendelse om spørgsmål inden for myndighedens sagsområde.- An authority of management must, to the extent necessary, provide guidance and help for persons who query within the remit of the authority.
- year unknown, Carsten Rentzmann, Statsret i hovedtræk, Samfundslitteratur →ISBN, page 91
- Det vil således yderst sjældent være berettiget, at myndighedens ledelse kan drage den ansatte tjenstligt til ansvar for ytringer, fx ved irettesættelse eller lignende.
- Therefore, it will very rarely be justified that the management of the authority is able to hold the employee professionally responsible for utterings, e.g. by reprimands or the like.
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