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'''Sovereignty''' is the exclusive right to exercise supreme [[political]] (e.g. legislative, judicial, and/or executive) [[authority]] over a geographic region, group of people, or oneself. A ''sovereign'' is the supreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other, and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign."  

'''Sovereignty''' is the exclusive right to exercise supreme [[political]] (e.g. legislative, judicial, and/or executive) [[authority]] over a geographic region, group of people, or oneself. A ''sovereign'' is the supreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other, and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign."  

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]