Title of authority


Title of authority, title of office or title of command is the official designation of a position held in an organization associated with certain duties of authority.
Semi-formally, the title of office may be referred to as "position", or "office", as, e.g., in the expression "the office of vice president".
When used in conjunction with proper names, titles of office are capitalized : The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. In this example both "The Right Honourable" and "Prime Minister" may be called "title of office". The former one is also referred to as "style", the latter one is the designation of a position.