Opinion ID: 2537114
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Empowerment

Text: ¶ 44. To empower is defined as [t]o invest with legal power: authorize. Webster's II New College Dictionary 369 (1995). See also Black's Law Dictionary 618 (4th ed.1968) (defining empower as [a] grant of authority rather than a command of its exercise). Based upon these definitions of empowerment, it is more likely a consideration within the scope-of-employment inquiry than a separate consideration altogether. Moreover, Baker Donelson notes that there is no cause of action under Mississippi law known as `empowerment.' Sam provides no citation to the contrary. Therefore, this Court ends its empowerment inquiry here. See In re Adoption of Minor Child, 931 So.2d 566, 578 (Miss.2006) (an appellant's failure to cite any legal authority to support [his] argument will procedurally bar that issue from being considered on appeal).