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When a nation's constitution contains such a clause, that nation cannot be called sovereign.
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Yet when the state delegates the full or chief governing power to the king, and makes him its sole or principal representative, he may, with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes, be called sovereign.
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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The Mexican government has sold $1bn in bonds with a maturity of 100 years in what is the first century bond issued by a Latin American sovereign.
FT.com / Capital Markets - Mexico sells $1bn of 100-year bonds 2010
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The full report provides outlooks on the financial industries within each Fitch-rated Latin American sovereign.
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The full report provides outlooks on the financial industries within each Fitch-rated Latin American sovereign.
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When I had the honor of discussing the war with the president recently, he was at pains to emphasize that Iraq was "sovereign."
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The power of the sovereign is the power to destroy; because the People can withdraw their consent to be governed, destroying the government’s legitimacy if not its actual substance, they remain sovereign.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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Mme. d'Albany enjoyed being the widow of a kind of sovereign.
The Countess of Albany Vernon Lee 1895
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It was only in 771 B.C. that the original Chou appanage (since 1122 the western half of the imperial appanage) had been ceded to Ts'in, which in 984 was a petty state, still of the "adjunct-function" (_cf. _ page 144) type, and not "sovereign."
Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887
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Holding in mind, now, the notions of liberty and democracy as we have defined them, we see that it is not altogether a matter of fanfaronade when the American citizen calls himself a "sovereign."
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other William Graham Sumner 1875
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