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Sovereignty

Sovereignty meaning

The quality or state of being sovereign. | Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something. | The quality or state of being sovereign.

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Similarly, the Smith government gave its Sovereignty Act the decidedly less spicy name Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, in hopes of defusing criticism.

The real problem is that the politicians who proudly claim that sovereignty rests in the hands of the Scottish people do nothing to help the Scottish people apply their sovereignty.

Conversely, Ukraine, which is fighting for its territorial sovereignty, also understands Serbia's firm stance on its own territorial sovereignty, he added.

Prime Minister James Marape maintains that West Papua is within the sovereignty of Indonesia so it was responsible for addressing issues relating to sovereignty in West Papua.

The event is inspired by the concept of Ea, self-determination and sovereignty, and connects to La Ho‘iho‘i Ea’s annual celebration of Sovereignty Restoration Day, which is July 31.

Crises over both the euro and migration have cast lasting doubts over the union’s fundamental promise, that pooling individual sovereignty would result in greater sovereignty for all members of the club.

Granted, the logical inverse of “if you don’t join the peace talks there will be sovereignty” would be that if you do join the talks there won’t be sovereignty – but that’s not a quote from Jason Greenblatt, it’s just Saudi wishful thinking.

The objective of sovereignty and the Sovereignty Movement is the realization of the right of the Jewish people to the entire Land of Israel.

There has been much noise about US's breach of Iraqi sovereignty, but there has been little said of Iranian and Russian actions violating sovereignty in the region.

Cyprus has de jure sovereignty but not de facto sovereignty.

We also need to be able to distinguish between sovereignty and popular sovereignty, Carafano said.

It is clearly not just about sovereignty but about the attributes of sovereignty as well,” Dr Garcia has reiterated.

With this brief personal vignette serving as a backdrop, attempts will be made to strike a balance between personal sovereignty and the freedom for an individual to believe or not to believe in the sovereignty of God.

All personnel present on Antarctica at any time are citizens or nationals of some sovereignty outside Antarctica, as there is no Antarctic sovereignty.

In the latter case there is a further division into those that assert that the people transfer their sovereignty to the sovereign (Hobbes), and those that assert that the people retain their sovereignty (Rousseau).

They believed the overriding merit of vesting sovereignty in a single individual was that sovereignty would therefore be indivisible; it would be expressed in a single voice that could claim final authority.

Under this consensus, the two sides agree that both Taiwan and mainland China are under the same single sovereignty of China, but the two sides agree to disagree on which side is the legitimate representative of that sovereignty.

According to a recent joint statement from the opposition and government, both parties have agreed that Guyana’s sovereignty is paramount, and is a matter on which the Guyanese people are all completely united.

According to this, people have the right to freely choose their state of sovereignty and international political status without outside interference, based on the idea of fair equality of rights and opportunities.

Along with the benefits around Arctic sovereignty and critical minerals, he said Canadians understand the need for equity in smaller northern communities.