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    sovereign state

    noun

    • 1. a state with a defined territory that administers its own government and is not subject to or dependent on another power: "the internal affairs of a sovereign state"
  2. A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined territory, a government not under another, and the capacity to interact with other states. It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent.

  3. Jan 27, 2020 · A sovereign state is a state with its own institutions and populations that has a permanent population, territory, and government. It must also have the right and capacity to make treaties and other agreements with other states.

  4. May 27, 2024 · Sovereignty, in political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state. Although the term was originally understood to mean the equivalent of supreme power, its application in practice often has departed from this traditional meaning.

  5. Jun 19, 2024 · The state is a form of human association distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, the establishment of order and security; its methods, the laws and their enforcement; its territory, the area of jurisdiction or geographic boundaries; and finally by its sovereignty.

  6. A sovereign state is a country with borders where people live, and where a government makes laws and talks to other sovereign states. The people have to follow the laws that the government makes. Most sovereign states are made up of a singular country and nation .

  7. A sovereign state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country. [...] See full entry for 'sovereign' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Definition of 'state' state. (steɪt ) countable noun.

  8. May 31, 2003 · It is a modern notion of political authority. Historical variants can be understood along three dimensions — the holder of sovereignty, the absoluteness of sovereignty, and the internal and external dimensions of sovereignty. The state is the political institution in which sovereignty is embodied.

  9. Apr 28, 2023 · Sovereignty is the bedrock of international relations. The concept lays out basic rules for how countries are allowed to interact with one another. In principle, it means countries get to...

  10. May 27, 2024 · Sovereignty - International Law, State Authority, Autonomy: Although the doctrine of sovereignty has had an important impact on developments within states, its greatest influence has been in the relations between states.

  11. Sovereignty is a concept used predominantly in the domestic context of the legal authority wielded within and by a State. It is thus more a concept of constitutional law than of international law, since on the international plane no State has as a matter of law authority over all other States.