Sovereign

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Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sovereign

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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More

Meaning of Sovereign

The King or Queen; a chief or supreme person; also, in England, a gold coin of the value of one pound.

Synonyms of Sovereign

(Absolute), adjective

• authoritative

• chief

• commanding

• controlling

• dominant

• governing

• hegemonic

• hegemonical

• imperial

• influential

• leading

• master

• most powerful

• paramount

• potent

• powerful

• predominant

• prepollent

• prepotent

• regent

• regnant

• reigning

• royal

• ruling

• supreme

(Independent), adjective

• at liberty

• autonomous

• enjoying liberty

• enjoying political independence

• exempt from external authority

• free

• liberated

• politically independent

• removed from bondage

• selfdetermined

• selfdirecting

• selfgoverned

• selfruling

• sui iuris

• unattached

• unbound

• unconquered

• uncontrolled

• unenslaved

• unrestricted

• unsubjected

• unvanquished

• Associated Concepts: sovereign right

• sovereign states

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Sovereign in Historical Law

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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Allegiance, Amnesty, Archbishop, Autonomy, Certiorari, Chancellor, Civil Rights, Confiscate, Confiscation, Constitution, Court, Crown, Dependency, Ecclesiastical Courts, Edict, Equity, Escheat, Gloves, Habeas Corpus, Jurisdiction, , Letters Patent, , Ligeance, Manor, Misprison, Nation, Natural Allegiance, Police Power, Prime Minister, Prince, Proclamation, Quasi Judicial, Rebellion, Regency, Regicide, Regnal Years, Regnant, Signet, State, , Territories.

Sovereign in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sovereign.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer

• Police

• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• sovereign in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)

• sovereign in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement

• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

In adjective form (sovereign state), denotes that a state is a legal equal to other states and is unbound by higher authority without its consent.

In adjective form (sovereign state), denotes that a state is a legal equal to other states and is unbound by higher authority without its consent.

Definition of Sovereign

In relation to social issues, a meaning of sovereign is provided here: the person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; such as, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor---in the United States, the people.