# official (authority)

thing that is made by law and issued by government

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: official

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [law](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-law.rule), [government](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-government.administrative), [issue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-issue.problem), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb)

**Through:** law and government together respond to a problem, making and issuing a formal directive through structured authority

**Novel properties:**
- formal issuance
- binding status
- authorized enforcement

## Examples
- The U.S. Census is conducted every ten years as mandated by Article I of the Constitution. *(institutions)*
- The European Medicines Agency issued conditional marketing authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. *(government)*
- California's AB 1482 law imposes rent caps on buildings constructed over 15 years ago starting in 2020. *(law)*

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