Examples of 'sovereignty' in a sentence

Meaning of "sovereignty"

sovereignty (noun) - the authority of a state to govern itself or another state
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  • Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
  • Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
  • Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
  • Excellence, mastery, preeminent efficacy.

How to use "sovereignty" in a sentence

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Sovereignty is certainly an important principle of international law.
They exercise their sovereignty through referendums.
Sovereignty entailed both rights and obligations.
It is trite to observe that sovereignty entails responsibility.
Sovereignty issues could be raised by a number of countries.
The path towards sovereignty was now open.
The sovereignty of national policies should be guaranteed.
A right given by the sovereignty of the people.
State sovereignty is not created by multilateral institutions.
Myanmar lost its sovereignty at that time.
The sovereignty of every state should be respected.
Respect for national sovereignty and ownership.
British sovereignty did not imply a colonial relationship.
The primacy of political sovereignty must be assured.
Admitting sovereignty of nations on their forest resources.

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National identity was an important component of political sovereignty.
Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the.
Made glory base and sovereignty a slave.
Territorial sovereignty is an important rule of international law.
Many transnational processes impinge on national sovereignty.
This aspect of sovereignty is also known as independence.
Iraq had raised fundamental issues of sovereignty.
Permanent sovereignty over mineral and water.
There could be no human rights without sovereignty.
Economic sovereignty and other broader issues.
It is a matter of strengthening our sovereignty and independence.
Food sovereignty seeks to redress this balance.
Cultural indicators for food sovereignty should.
But in practice sovereignty has never been absolute.
Sovereignty of the people with free elections.
The matter of sovereignty will never die.
The legal arms trade is a prerogative of sovereignty.
National sovereignty has to be suspended in this connection.
It must be an affair of popular sovereignty and democracy.
National sovereignty is therefore abolished in this field.
The power to deport aliens is an attribute of sovereignty.
National sovereignty is not an issue in this debate.
Human rights precisely mean national sovereignty.
Features beyond a single sovereignty and international cooperation.
This means giving up part of its sovereignty.
We respect the sovereignty of our neighbours.
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty.
National sovereignty over and responsibility for forests.
We have no designs upon your sovereignty at all.
National sovereignty and country leadership.
Those ideas impinge on the concept of sovereignty.
There are outstanding sovereignty issues to resolve.
And a clear violation of our territorial sovereignty.
Demonstration of sovereignty within colonised states.
We are the ones who violated their sovereignty.

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