0 an instruction to do something, or permission given by someone to do something: --
She's not allowed to do anything without her father's say-so.
2 authority or approval to do something: --
A coach’s responsibility is to have the final say-so on any subject.
I do not like the situation in which the onus is placed firmly upon a defendant merely on the say-so of the prosecutor.
We have here a loophole through which, purely on the say-so of manufacturers, agreements which do not protect the public can be escape.
But, of course, that same right can be removed and suspended at the say-so of the police if certain conditions are fulfilled.
It is the power which can be used only on the say-so of a master, a judge or a district registrar.
It operated on the say-so of senior police officers.
If the say-so of the panel on a matter of dispute is not to be the substantive decision on that, uncertainty could be introduced.
It does not rest simply on the say-so of the individuals concerned.
There ought to be an examination now in relation to the right to take children out of the jurisdiction on the say-so of one parent.
