Legal Definition and Related Resources of Autonomy

The political independence of a nation to govern itself without any allegiance to a foreign sovereign . Green v Obergfell 121 F.2d46, 73 App. D. C. 298.

The state of independence. The autonomos was he who lived according to his own laws, who was free. The term was chiefly used of communities or states, and meant those which were independent of others. It was introduced into the English language by the divines of the seventeenth century, when it and its translation self-government were chiefly used in a theological sense. Gradually its translation received a political meaning, in which it is now employed almost exclusively. Of late the word “autonomy” has been revived in diplomatic language in Europe, meaning “independence,” the negation of a state of political influence from without or foreign powers. See Lieber, Civ. Lib.

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Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)

Autonomy (election Management Body) in Voting Law

Definition of Autonomy (election Management Body) in the context of the United States election law: Often confused with independence of action, an autonomous electoral management body (EMB) refers to its institutional status, i.e. its structural independence. The EMB is a separate entity from other government agencies (independence with regard to the composition and functioning of the electoral administration). This aspect of independence is therefore more accurately referred to as ‘autonomy.’

Autonomy (election Management Body) in Voting Law

Definition of Autonomy (election Management Body) in the context of the United States election law: Often confused with independence of action, an autonomous electoral management body (EMB) refers to its institutional status, i.e. its structural independence. The EMB is a separate entity from other government agencies (independence with regard to the composition and functioning of the electoral administration). This aspect of independence is therefore more accurately referred to as ‘autonomy.’

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Autonomy

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autonomous condition, power or right of self-government, 1620s, of states, from Greek autonomia “independence,” noun of quality from autonomos “independent, living by one’s own laws,” from autos “self” (see auto-) + nomos “custom, law” (see numismatics). Of persons, from 1803. In Kantian metaphysics, “doctrine of the Will giving itself its own law, based on conscience.”

Hierarchical Display of Autonomy

Politics > Executive power and public service > Administrative structures
Politics > Executive power and public service > Regional and local authorities > Autonomous community
Politics > Politics and public safety > Trends of opinion > Autonomous movement
Politics > Parliament > Parliament > Regional parliament
Politics > Political framework > Political ideology > Regionalism

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Translation of Autonomy

• Spanish: Autonomía
• French: Autonomie
• German: Autonomie
• Italian: Autonomia
• Portuguese: Autonomia
• Polish: Autonomia

Thesaurus of Autonomy

Politics > Executive power and public service > Administrative structures > Autonomy
Politics > Executive power and public service > Regional and local authorities > Autonomous community > Autonomy
Politics > Politics and public safety > Trends of opinion > Autonomous movement > Autonomy
Politics > Parliament > Parliament > Regional parliament > Autonomy
Politics > Political framework > Political ideology > Regionalism > Autonomy

See also

• Autonomous community
• Autonomous movement
• Regional parliament
• Regionalism