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title: "Authority: definition | KYE Protocol™ glossary"
description: "Authority: The protocol's noun for \"what an entity is allowed to cause to happen.\" Authority binds a capability + scope + state to an actor + principal pair."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/glossary/authority/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
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> Authority: The protocol's noun for "what an entity is allowed to cause to happen." Authority binds a capability + scope + state to an actor + principal pair.

Core protocol

# Authority

The protocol's noun for "what an entity is allowed to cause to happen." Authority binds a capability + scope + state to an actor + principal pair.

The protocol's noun for "what an entity is allowed to cause to happen." Authority binds a capability + scope + state to an actor + principal pair.

KYE™ Minute explains this term in an episode dated 7 January 2027, once podcast audio is switched on.

**Source** The KYE Protocol™ glossary, [as published](https://kyeprotocol.com/glossary/#authority). Not legal advice.