Military might rather than civil authority dominated the government. He had little or no civil authority. The DART provides defense support of civil authority capabilities in response to a catastrophic event. The lack of public order and civil authority prevented victims from laying charges against perpetrators. They decried "the present dynasty" that kept them under military rather than civil authority. The regiment has participated in several "aid to the civil authority" missions in recent history. Reconstruction started immediately, and the city was returned to civil authority on May 17. He proposed the seizure of church property by civil authority and the elimination of tithes. Cornwallis also attempted to reestablish civil authority under British or Loyalist oversight. The remainder stayed under Nigerian civil authority for two more years. Nor was there any legal definition of the Cabinet's civil authority over the army. The Church did not invoke civil authority to punish heretics. Whether Christian, Buddhists, or nonbelievers, the "Issei" almost never caused trouble in the civil authority. With this, Urga became the highest civil authority in the country. The SMC recognized the National Coalition as the "civil authority" of the Syrian opposition.