Such laws frequently confer considerable discretionary authority on public administrators.

To that end, the commission would give them discretionary authority over part of the city budget.

On Dec. 4, he used his discretionary authority to request appointment of an independent counsel.

"I have discretionary authority over small amounts of money, don't I?"

Your suggestion that "The department should use its discretionary authority to find a way to reverse itself" is distasteful to me.

They now have discretionary authority over 5 percent of capital expenditures.

But the Army is using its discretionary authority to close the hearing for this case.

The boards retain their traditional discretionary authority during the protest period.

Thus the use of discretionary authority is inherent in police activity.

They also limited how and when many line items could be disbursed, significantly reducing the President's discretionary authority.