How To Use Sovereign In A Sentence

In chantries unrehearsed we'd wow the votarists and serenade the friary to panting ecstasies while summoned to kingly chambers we branked the troubadours, turning the sovereign mind to heaven, the courtiers left speechless with neglect... Strange Bedfellows
Popular belief credits shark liver pills with being a sovereign remedy for illness ranging from arthritis to diabetes.
Nowhere was this ambiguity more apparent than concerning the question of sovereignty.
The treaty gave Edward III sovereignty over Calais and the whole of Aquitaine.
For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You

The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British sovereign.
Federal Government is the exclusive judge of the extent as well as the limitations of its power, it seems to me to be utterly perversive of the sovereignty and independence of the States. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
For many the sacrifice of British sovereign power was too great a price to pay. Times, Sunday Times
The Admiralty court was declared by statute to be a sovereign court.
First, that the agent of abasement shifts from George the indigene sovereign to the "Sons of Belial. The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire
The national monetary sovereignty fully belongs to domestic affairs of a state, and the nation has the right of exerting its monetary sovereignty independently.
Sovereign risk must be accounted for as part of cost of equity.
Fitch cautioned that the country's sovereign ratings remained constrained by relatively low levels of external liquidity as well as what it described as formidable social and structural challenges. ANC Daily News Briefing
The two occupying powers cared little for the country's sovereignty and well-being.
But what if a sovereign government decides to remove another country from the internet? Computing
In its classic sense, war means an armed conflict between two sovereign nations disputing control of territory.
In the mean time they pass for the mandatories of the popular sovereign, with full power in all directions, because he has delegated his omnipotence to them, and the sole power, because their investiture is the most recent; under this sanction, they stalk around somewhat like supernumeraries at the Opera, dressed in purple and gold, representing The French Revolution - Volume 2
This competitive logic of power politics makes agreement on universal principles difficult, apart from the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other sovereign states.
An economic sanction means you withhold something that is your sovereign right.
In general, it was assumed in the early development of international law that control of natural resources depended on the acquisition of sovereignty over land territory and territorial seas.
He continues to govern -- fighting off legal challenges to his sovereign immunity and threats to his ruling majority -- until he dies in office.
Any downgrade in a sovereign credit rating will push up the interest that a country must pay on its debts. Times, Sunday Times
It is also a sovereign remedy for the dreadful _chiragra_ or gout. Japhet in Search of a Father
There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around.
Argentina is two weeks from defaulting on its sovereign debt. Times, Sunday Times
The idea of absolute state sovereignty is relatively new, and it derives from agreements among kings, emperors, kaisers, and czars for their mutual benefit.
I then wandered down Whitehall, passed the great Offices of State, to view the Mother of Parliaments and ponder the fact that 70 years on Britain has a Government led by a Prime Minister never elected to that Office, who has refused to consult the People for fear they oppose him and happily transfered that once so precious prized sovereignty to a new European Superpower. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
George II was the absolute ruler of a medium-sized German state, Hanover, as well as being the British sovereign.
The senior official said the proposals are calibrated to protect sovereignty.
After all, isn't martial law the brand of democracy he has advocated for the country after the transfer of sovereignty?
But our mixed-up legal strategy is to insist, paralytically, on a kind of hyper-sovereignty of the nation-state.
A consensus between powerful corporate interests is regarded as more important than the sovereignty of elected representatives.
He was more miserly with titles than any sovereign since Elizabeth I - ensuring, for example, that dukedoms were reserved for the royal family alone.
We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
But in the wider context, something greater is afoot, which is the assembling of all the institutions of State by which one may say "we have become an Independent Sovereign State". Referendum News
It is the force which subjects producers and resource suppliers to the dictates of buyer or consumer sovereignty.
Some changes in sovereignty have led to new forms of cooperation among the developed democracies in the North.
Not just another way of stating that divine sovereignty and human doing cohere or belong together but more specifically this verse expresses a soteriological truth.
A lower sovereign credit rating could mean higher borrowing costs for businesses. Times, Sunday Times
As a self-governing Dominion within the British Empire, New Zealand was not technically a sovereign state in 1939.
And I'd even go so far as to say that nothing was more political than this sovereign and slightly unreasonable decision, qualified by some we shall be kind enough not to mention here as an "inanity" or a "crime" or a bet that was "lost in advance", to craft something European through the shared efforts of two national workshops. Bernard-Henri Lévy: Arte Is Twenty
Adjacent coastal states have sovereign rights over the seabed mineral resources of the shelf.
Beijing's efforts to curb the property price bubble came about the same time as sovereign debt concerns for several European countries, which impaired credit provision and reduced spending directly.
Cardinal, accused him of prevarication and weakness, and threw himself at her Majesty's feet, conjuring her in the name of the King her son, not to authorise, by an example which he called fatal, the insolence of a subject who was for wresting favours from his sovereign, sword in hand. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
He did not mean a sclerotic tangle of shared sovereignties. Times, Sunday Times
First, in the form of domestic legislation to determine for fishing island has undisputable sovereignty.
Back in October already, Chinese commentaries remarked on the financial crisis as being the chief reason for Britain ceding its long-term regard of China as Tibet's "suzerain" and recognizing it as its "sovereign". IPS Inter Press Service
At the revolution the sovereignty devolved on the people; and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but _they are sovereigns without subjects_ (unless the African slaves among us may be so called), and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America _are equal as fellow-citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty_. An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting
No, you will likely face serious repercussion from the sovereign of that nation. The Volokh Conspiracy » Defamation by Government Still Political Question
Their sovereignty, of course, won't much extend beyond the guardroom at the end of the corridor.
They do not seem to have this problem with the Republic of Ireland, a sovereign nation which is miles ahead of Scotland in national identity and national global branding and marketing.
Defendant waived sovereign immunity from this action by statute.
The document composed in Philadelphia transformed the confederation of sovereign states into a national government.
Since 1838, when it declared itself a sovereign nation, Costa Rica has enjoyed an independent existence, which it has zealously maintained.
The entire global financial system is based on the issuance of sovereign debt. Times, Sunday Times
Federalism is a trickier concept in the European context because the Member States are not political subdivisions of the Union, but rather sovereign and autonomous entities.
This notion of sovereignty considers inviolate the internal affairs of nations.
Therefore, the rim states have been drastically contending to seek sovereignty or seizing actual masterdom over this place in recent years.
This strategy is grounded in a clear and achievable goal shared by the Iraqi people and the American people: an Iraq that is sovereign, stable, and self-reliant.
Governments, enjoying the full powers of a sovereign Parliament, usually have a different vantage point from the opposition parties.
She empowered him to tell them, that whatever blame she might throw on Mary's conduct, any opposition to their sovereign was totally unjustifiable, and incompatible with all order and good government: that it belonged not to them to reform, much less to punish, the maleadministration of their prince; and the only arms which subjects could in any case lawfully employ against the supreme authority, were entreaties, counsels, and representations: that if these expedients failed, they were next to appeal by their prayers to The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I.
Sovereignty, if it is not to be confiscated by factions of the bourgeoisie or technocrats in their service, has to be popular sovereignty.
Now, if Judge Douglas will demonstrate somehow that this is popular sovereignty, the right of one man to make a slave of another, without any right in that other, or anyone else to object, demonstrate it as Euclid demonstrated propositions, there is no objection. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln
Yet in most cases regional custom was the surest defence against the aggression of neighbours, immediate lords or sovereigns.
Providence; a vow unalterable and imprescriptible, which unites man in society to his country and his sovereign. A Philosophical Dictionary
After the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and 1998, the IMF proposed an institutionalized default program, which it called the sovereign debt restructuring mechanism. Amid Irish Aid, a New Option
In the sovereign workmanship of Nature herself, what garden of flowers without weeds? what orchard of trees without worms? what field of corn without cockle? what pond of fishes without frogs? what sky of light without darkness? what mirror of knowledge without ignorance? what man of earth without frailty? what commodity of the world without discommodity? The Common Reader, Second Series
Back in October already, Chinese commentaries remarked on the financial crisis as being the chief reason for Britain ceding its long-term regard of China as Tibet's "suzerain" and recognizing it as its "sovereign. Undefined
The Russian Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic.
It was established as a puppet state(1932) after the Japanese invaded Manchuria in1931 and was returned to Chinese sovereignty in1945.
That's the power of sovereignty. Times, Sunday Times
The Brahmins in India possessed for a long time the theocratical power; that is to say, they held the sovereign authority in the name of Brahma, the son of God; and even in their present humble condition they still believe their character indelible. A Philosophical Dictionary
In an undesigned world, plague, pestilence, famine, diphtheria, cancer, tuberculosis, and other natural ills no longer had to be reconciled with the sovereignty of an omnipotent and benevolent deity.
She refused, instead offering peace to the Talz, recognizing their sovereignty, and pulling all Pantoran presence off of Orto Plutonia.
God tells us in the Bible that He is sovereign over everything, and He demonstrates His sovereignty by performing miracles.
Statehood, even if qualified as provisional or interim, confers a degree of sovereignty.
The American conservative or, more precisely, democratic sovereigntist, complaint about human rights has traditionally been that it is a tool by which self-defined political progressives pursue agendas that they cannot manage to achieve through domestic democratic mechanisms. The Volokh Conspiracy » Globally Managing American Speech?
Where such traditions are absent or weak, popular sovereignty easily turns into populist dictatorship, liberal democracy to libertinism and demagoguery.
How is Jesus of Nazareth related to the God who created all things other than Himself by His almighty, sovereign power?
_still_ the _Sovereign_, and this renders the President absolute, because he is the representative of the supreme will of the _supreme The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861
The whole nation speak as one man on this issue concerning national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Such ideas might seem outlandish but finding a remedy for unsustainable sovereign borrowing is not just a Greek imperative. Times, Sunday Times
Being part of the EU enhances British sovereignty. Times, Sunday Times
In the Ottoman-Saudi Treaty, Ibn Saud recognized Ottoman sovereignty over Najd in return for his appointment as governor of a newly constituted province (vilayet) of Najd and hereditary rule for his family. 1914, May
For sovereigntists, it is impossible not to recognize that Gill carrying the Canadian flag is the result of his inability to carry his own.
A lower sovereign credit rating could mean higher borrowing costs for businesses. Times, Sunday Times
However, the mission marks another dramatic shift away from a general policy of non-intervention in the affairs of sovereign nations.
They marched by the sound of atabal and comet, and, as they traversed the streets of the capital amidst the acclamations of the soldiery, they made the city ring with the shouts of "Castile and Tlascala, long live our sovereign, the emperor. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes
When Patrick Douglas, the learned and honoured, but fortuneless soldier, found that his new competitor for the hand of the gentle Jolande was none other than his sovereign, he was dumb with despair, and the last, the miserable _hope_ which it imparts, and which maketh wretched, began to leave him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17
UK sovereign coins are also free of capital gains tax. Times, Sunday Times
Our borders need protecting, like any sovereign nation.
Some trace the backlash against sovereign-wealth funds and state-owned companies to Dubai Ports World's 2007 bid to acquire terminal operations and stevedoring services at several major U.S. ports. Wealth Funds Fight for Reputation
And just as the democrat will not admit of a secular constitution which the people could not destroy and which would prevent him from making bad laws; just as the democrat will not submit -- if we may adopt the terminology of Aristotle -- to being governed by _laws_, to be governed that is by an ancient body of law which would check the people and obstruct it in its daily fabrication of _decrees_; so just in the same spirit the democrat does not admit of a God Who has issued His commandments, Who has issued His body of laws, anterior and superior to all the laws and all the decrees of men, and Who sets His limit on the legislative eccentricities of the people, on its capricious omnipotence, in a word, on the sovereignty of the people. The Cult of Incompetence
He sees the United Nations not simply as bloated, but as encroaching dangerously and purposefully on the sovereignty of member nations.
In the 16th Century, Raja Wadiyar defeated the viceroy of the Vijayanagar empire, wrested the famed golden throne from him and established the sovereignty of the Mysore kings with Srirangapatna as the capital.
The writer realised they were weary and had lost heart, so he administers the sovereign remedy for that condition.
A country that gives up its monetary sovereignty by dollarising or adopting the euro may gain greater credibility on inflation but may have to pay more to compensate investors for counterparty risk.
_ H. - So. supposes hēafod-weard, _a guard of honor_, such as sovereigns or presumptive rulers had, to be meant by hafalan hȳdan; hence, _you need not give me any guard_, etc.Cf. Schmid, _Gesetze der A. _, 370-372. l. Beowulf
Internationalism and its call for collective sovereignty - like socialism - may sound like the new messiah to dewy-eyed idealists.
A head of state must defend his or her country's sovereignty.
The vanities of sovereignty had never any particular charm for Charles V.; he was not a man who cared "to monarchise and kill with looks," or who could feel a pang at parting with the bauble of a crown; and when the wise world cried out in their surprise, and strained their fancies for the cause of conduct which seemed so strange to them, they forgot that princes who reign to labour, grow weary like the peasant of the burden of daily toil. The Reign of Mary Tudor
For as the American-led Coalition Provisional Authority accelerates, apparently unstoppably, towards a handover of sovereignty in Iraq to a transitional government next summer, a critical question is emerging.
In this sense, the legal doctrine of sovereignty is the most fundamental of our constitutional conventions.
In bestowing the sovereignty on the King of Prussia, care was taken that he should confirm all the doubtful privileges of the people; for it is a fundamental maxim of this little state, "_that the sovereignty resides not in the person of the prince, but in the state_". A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium
The loss of a treasured chunk of sovereign territory is not its most pressing concern. Times, Sunday Times
In this sense sovereignty can not be carved up.
European explorers - first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands (Indonesia) and then the Spanish - reached the Carolines in the 16th century, with the Spanish establishing sovereignty.
This regime refers to precedent that an archipelagic country enjoys sovereignty over its archipelago and its waters, and also regulates what rights other countries have in its waters.
If, for the sake of argument, we were to adopt this diluted interpretation of the verb "foreknow" in Rom. 8: 29, we are not to readily conclude that what we call the particularistic exegesis would have to be abandoned and the absolute sovereignty of God in the matter of election to life be eliminated. Possessing the Treasure
If you cannot get me Royse Bergon on terms that do not violate my future sovereignty, then turn around and ride home. THE CURSE OF CHALION
Napoleon was as essentially, and irreclaimably, a despot, as a warrior; but his successor, whether a Bourbon or a Buonaparte, was likely to be a constitutional sovereign. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
Each summer, up to eight CCG icebreakers provide not only scientific research platforms, search-and-rescue capability, pollution response capacity, support for commercial shipping engaged in the annual "sealift," and occasionally "platform" support for the RCMP and Armed Forces, but the big red and white hulls are also the main element in Canada's sovereignty presence in these waters... "A job for the Coast Guard"
The peace treaty will lay the foundations for a loose confederation of sovereign states.
The idea of the separation of powers also seems to influence Dicey's belief that Parliamentary sovereignty favours the supremacy of law.
Under old monarchies it was the custom on the accession of a sovereign to call in the coins of his predecessor and remint them with the new king's effigy. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking
Talks are being held about who should have sovereignty over the island.
It is held in trust by her as sovereign for her successors and the nation and, indeed, she rarely refuses a request to lend items.
They are derived loosely from the Christian just war tradition and more recently adapted in the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine R2P, which abridges state sovereignty and the inviolability of borders in favor of protecting populations from barbarous governments. Monica Duffy Toft: Does The U.S. Have A Responsibility To Protect The Libyan People?
Overall, the heavenly hierarchy moves from the freedom and might of contemplative adoration (by the seraphim, cherubim, and ophanim) through principled order and sovereignty (ruled by the dominions, princedoms, and powers) to active service toward others in a spirit of compassion and care (by the virtues, archangels, and angels). Archive 2007-09-01
Then, assured that the company had repented of their evil deeds and intentions, he granted his full, sovereign forgiveness to all.
If the people are the sovereign in today's Russia, then limiting their sovereign power in the name of Russia's sovereignty is absolutely absurd.
Russia's interference in the processes of western democracy is a gross violation of international norms and national sovereignty. Times, Sunday Times
Infrastructure funds and sovereign wealth funds are still on the prowl. Times, Sunday Times
The EEZ gives coastal states "sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to" (above) "the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil ...". Energy profile of South China Sea
They need to be ferreted out, rounded up like cattle, punished for their numerous crimes, then booted back to whence they snuck in from with such extreme prejudice that they will never, ever think of violating our sovereignty again. Wonk Room » Newt Gingrich Says Legalization Program Should Involve Sending 12 Million Immigrants Back
No international authority has any authority over us which diminishes our sovereignty.
Under the Treaty of Waitangi Maori were guaranteed, subject to British kawanatanga or government, their right to te tino rangatiratanga or sovereignty over all their existing lands and possessions.
The "No" campaign has been vigorous, comprising a motley crew of aging Marxists, anti-globalisation protesters, traditional Eurosceptics, and obsessive " sovereigntists ".
It emphasizes democracy, decentralization, and the sovereignty of individual cantons, which give much autonomy to individual communities.
Robert was succeeded by his sons Roger and William, to whose dominion not only was Naples added, but all the places interjacent as far as Rome, and afterward Sicily, of which Roger became sovereign; but, upon William going to Constantinople, to marry the daughter of the emperor, his dominions were wrested from him by his brother Roger. The History of Florence
How can you be a sovereign nation while your country is occupied by the military of another nation?
Israel failed to win firm pledge that Moscow Halt Advanced Weapons sales to Syria. obaid karki an outcast underdog libertarian diogenesist kabbalist spinoziste qutbist pantheon hexalingual automath former uae under secretary independent street-knowledge urban talking-head. unaffiliated to a state, an organized religion group, a sect or a kin and an anti tribal gentile. administration plans to revamp rescue plan american arrested near pakistani border americans face wide spectrum of money problems apparently drown in hawaii's 3 tourists high surf apple aims to defy gravity asia markets: tokyo stocks surge over 12%; financials on fire asia markets: tokyo takes off as trading resumes, nikkei up 13% asian stocks soar after us rally asia-pacific extends world market rebound assailants attack us consulate in mexico at indian call centers, another view of us australia plans $7.4 billion to boost economy australia plans us$7. 4 billion to boost economy australia unveils $7.4 billion fiscal stimulus plan austria: 'horror dad' trial likely delayed until 2009 bailout sit-down: treasury, fed and major wall street players meet bailout, part two ballmer's luck in yahoo failure gives microsoft nice miss 'as stock slips banco santander to take over sovereign bancorp in $1. 9-billion deal boeing talks with striking machinists break down boeing, machinists halt talks on ending 5-week strike boeing: contract talks with machinists off again budget cuts force rhode island to scrimp on services bush to announce $250b bank share buy-up bush to announce expanded bank bailout WN.com - Business News
Mary's brother Robert Whittaker, a brazier, stripped to his underwear when the ship struck, and threw away 80 gold sovereigns, the weight of which threatened to drown him.
He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince. Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
Beijing regards the island as sovereign territory, a claim it is determined to defend with force. Times, Sunday Times
We will go forward as a unified, independent, and sovereign nation that has regained a respected place in the world.
Parliamentary sovereignty is still intact in so far as Parliament can still repeal the act committing us to entry.
They give up their particular claim to sovereignty and cast themselves on the waters.
Amid the many trials of their maiden adulthood, she avers, they feel perversely compelled to refute the proper sovereignty of boomer parents in their lives.
It was a sovereign country and a democratic one, and would brook no interference in its internal affairs.
_Fidei Defensor_, or Defender of the Faith, a title which he jealously bore until his death, and which his successors, the sovereigns of Great Britain, with like humor have continued to bear ever since. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
Windward coast, who as strict Moslem will not drink fermented liquors, hold a cup of rum to be the sovereignest thing in the world for taenia. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
A belief in the inviolability of Chinese sovereignty is often not just their cardinal principle, but their only one.
As, however, the foxy child, thumb in mouth, lolloped after him, he took a sovereign from his pocket. Ultima Thule
In 1997 the sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to China.
Political rhetoric aside, Christians know that human freedom cannot bring lasting peace and prosperity - only the sovereign Lord of history can do that.
This competitive logic of power politics makes agreement on universal principles difficult, apart from the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other sovereign states.
Britain was concerned that its sovereignty and cultural identity would be harmed by the treaty.
By June of the next year, astride the horse of sovereignty, he had become the favorite to win the Ukrainian presidency. The Return
Church in the name of the sovereign and under his authority, possess any coactive strength, executive power, or terrestrial authority, it is evident that these ministers can inflict only spiritual punishments. A Philosophical Dictionary
Investors have been dumping German sovereign debt over past months on signs that the eurozone is finally recovering. Times, Sunday Times
George II was the absolute ruler of a medium-sized German state, Hanover, as well as being the British sovereign.
It said problems with sovereign debt could still harm the global economy. Times, Sunday Times
How can I find the latest prices for Krugerrands and gold sovereigns?
His words come vividly to mind in reviewing the curious catalogue which a European statistician lately furnished of the number of sovereigns who have perished by violent deaths or been discrowned by disaster. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873
Traditional investment banking and stockbroking activity has been muted globally as a result of the European sovereign-debt crisis and concerns about a protracted economic downturn in the U.S. In July, Macquarie said it expected its results for fiscal 2012, which ends March 31, to be better than last year's—if market conditions are not "materially worse. Macquarie May Bid for RBS Aviation Unit
GUNTUR: Five persons posing as police personnel allegedly entered the house of one Chukka Anjali and her daughter Chukka Lakshmi Prasanna in Prakash Nagar in Narsaraopet town in Guntur district and decamped with about 100 sovereigns of gold on Friday night. The Hindu - Front Page
Calvin said that God sovereignly predestined everything that happens in the world.
It maintained its triple-A rating on UK sovereign debt but warned of a reassessment if growth falters. Times, Sunday Times
Those visionaries passed and were replaced by venal men who don't care for independence or sovereignty and who want to sell the country to the US.
Shakespeare, in Johnson's phrase, lost the world for a quibble and was content to lose it, so does Mr. Meredith discrown himself of the sovereignty of contemporary romance to put on the cap and bells of the professional wit. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation
Since men are rational and egoistic, endowed with the right of property, the composition of output should be determined by consumer sovereignty.
Such vain ceremony is a thin disguise of rebellion, nor are there perhaps any personal wrongs that can authorize a subject to take arms against his sovereign: but the want of preparation and success may confirm the assurance of the usurper, that this decisive step was the effect of necessity rather than of choice. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
And now something happened which had hitherto been deemed incredible; the Sultan sued for peace, a true believer and a sovereign, from an unbelieving giaour. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Federalists prefer to spend billions on red flags, while sovereigntists prefer efficient grammar.
In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution.
Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?
Parliamentary sovereignty had not been ceded to Brussels but merely delegated.
Many have continued to condemn the U.S. for what they call preventive war, or pre-emption, in the case of the Iraqi invasion in 2003, calling it illegal, the unilateral invasion of a sovereign state without justification. Front Page
An independent sovereignty was thus interposed between the two divisions of his kingdom.
If you cannot get me Royse Bergon on terms that do not violate my future sovereignty, then turn around and ride home. THE CURSE OF CHALION
Soon after sticking flags at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean for declaration of sovereignty, Russia then became a pioneer in Arctic oil exploitation.
Because it would appear he was either "schooled" in a British or "government as sovereign" collegiate education whether at this point in this country here or his former homeland makes no real difference. U.S. State Department Writer Dismisses American Constitution's Trial By Jury Provisions
Both assume fully the sovereignty of the people and the omnicompetence of their elected representatives. The Age of the Reformation
Its tendency to promote human happiness, and its sovereign eiBcaey to tranquillize the mind and administer con - solation 'under afflictions, disappointments, and trials. Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay: With an Appendix Containing Extracts from Her ...
The Great Elector was recognised as the sovereign of East Prussia.
Britain's concern to protect national sovereignty is far from new.
And, as one of our readers points out, what is “fiscal autarchy” other than another term for "fiscal sovereignty", the word "autarchy" and yes, I did have to look it up in the dictionary meaning "absolute power". The "unknown" law enforcers
But why should the crown possess this mystic attribute of being able to contain and confer sovereignty?
These conditions were a total violation of the human rights of the people of Pakistan and the sovereignty of the country. Times, Sunday Times
Any effective international regulation of nuclear weapons is bound to entail troublesome incursions challenging prerogatives of national sovereignty.
He has always acted as sovereign instinctively; he was so as a private individual and clubbist; he is not to cease being so, now that he possesses legal authority, and all the more because if he hesitates he knows he is lost; to save himself from the scaffold he has no refuge but in a dictatorship. The French Revolution - Volume 3
The concept of sovereignty - that national governments exercise supreme authority within their own borders - is the bedrock of global order.
Considering democracy and sovereign wealth funds/pension funds, id asy Democracies look pretty good. Matthew Yglesias » Temasek
But why should the crown possess this mystic attribute of being able to contain and confer sovereignty?
On one side of this could be seen a coloured portrait of the Sovereign in the bersagliere uniform; a fierce military glance shot out of his eyes from under that helmet whose plume of nodding feathers made it look three sizes too large for his head. South Wind
So again within the state itself, the sovereignty is often no longer concentrated in a single person or a single body of persons, but is exercised by the joint action of several organs, as in Great Britain, where the king and the Houses of Parliament are the joint administrators of the sovereignty of the state. The Unity of Civilization
Coordination between the different viziers and communication between the sovereign and the vizierates required a new official.
This is a universally accepted principle of international law that the territory sovereignty admit of infringement.
Speculation is rife as to how Chen will phrase his words May 20 in a bid to ‘square the circle’ of trying to keep China happy and at the same time not budging on the sovereignty issue.
Critics of the law call the preclearance requirement a unique federal intrusion on state sovereignty and a badge of shame for the affected jurisdictions that is no longer justified. The Supreme Court hopes to kill the Voting Rights Act
We'll hang them from the ceiling above the Sovereign's throne to form a canopy.
Indeed, the contrary seemed to Proudhon to be something of a law of nature: his antinomies were the constant manifestation of counter-principles and counter-necessities, manifestations even of a species of that "immanent justice" which became one of Proudhon's guiding principles (along with individual sovereignty and federalism.) In the Libertarian Labyrinth
On the surface, a confederation is a union of sovereign states, but, underneath, it holds the possibility of moving from independence to unification.
It has gone from sovereign power through imperial grandeur, to family of the nation and welfare monarchy defined by good works. Times, Sunday Times
Singapore seceded from the Federation of Malaysia and became an independent sovereign state.
Failures in this process, however, are explicable in realist terms as the protection of national sovereignty.
Underpinning the optimism is a belief that the sovereign-debt concerns that rattled markets earlier in the year have become less threatening. Deal Making Increases in Europe
[23] The _hermandad_ of Castile had never been countenanced by legislative sanction; it was chiefly resorted to as a measure of police, and was directed more frequently against the disorders of the nobility, than of the sovereign; it was organized with difficulty, and, compared with the union of Aragon, was cumbrous and languid in its operations. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1
Yet they remain proud and defiant, demanding respect, dignity, and sovereignty - very Korean traits.

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