The FCC has no statutory authority to regulate the Internet.

美国联邦通信委员会没有规范因特网的法定权力。

Statutory authority is a complete defence and act of God or act of a third party may provide a defence in certain situations.

制定法授权是相对于私人妨害侵权的一个完全的抗辩，自然力作用和第三人行为在相称的情况下也可能构成抗辩。

Prior to the passage of NEPA, some agencies contended that they lacked the statutory authority to consider environmental issues even if they wanted to do so.

在《国家环境政策法》通过以前，一些机构争辩说，在考虑环境方面问题时，他们缺乏法令的权威性，即使他们想这样做也不行。

Although typically affected by statutory authority, broad areas of the law, most notably relating to property, contracts, and torts are traditionally part of the common law.

尽管明显的受到成文法权威的影响，但大多数法律，特别是关于财产、合同及侵权仍旧是普通法系的传统部分。

The authority failed to carry out its statutory duties.

主管部门未履行自己的法定职责。