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sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
supreme power especially over a body politic
sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
freedom from external control : autonomy
sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
controlling influence
sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
a pre-Civil War doctrine asserting the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be permitted there
sovereignty
noun(sov-er-eign-ty)
popular sovereignty

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