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This class comprises instances of commands, orders, requests, etc., undertaken on the basis of one's authority, which typically aim to trigger a subsequent event, itself carried out by those who recognize the authority status of the actor. An instance of act of authority is conducted within a social-cultural framework and makes use of the codes and symbols of that framework to initiate an event or a sequence of events aimed at realising some desired outcome.

Instances of act of authority begin when an E39 Actor, endowed with the appropriate authority, has another E39 Actor undertake an action by invoking an existing code or procedure to trigger the desired outcome. This need not, however, refer to an explicit or formal code or procedure.

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