ovlast

1. Croat. authority; power
   Direktor nema ovlast da donese tu odluku. — The director doesn't have the authority to make that decision.
   Policija je prekoračila svoje ovlasti. — The police overstepped their powers.
2. Croat. authorization
   Za podizanje paketa treba vam pismena ovlast. — You need written authorization to collect the parcel.

Croatian word. In Serbia: "ovlašćenje" (authority, power); for a written authorization "punomoćje". "Ovlast" appears in Serbia only occasionally in legal texts.