Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sovereign

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

(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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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.

Resources

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.