say-so

Noun

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  • he has the authority to issue warrants
    
  • deputies are given authorization to make arrests
    
  • a place of potency in the state
    

• an authoritative declaration

• one chap's arbitrary assertion

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  authority , authorization , authorisation , potency , dominance , pronouncement , dictum