sovereign authority

collocation in English

meaningsofsovereignandauthority

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sovereign
adjective
uk
/ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən/
having the highest power or being ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofsovereignandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I disagree with him on whether these limitations were imposed only externally (bysovereignauthority).
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Moreover, infrastructure, freight and passenger operations were separated organizationally andsovereignauthoritywas transferred to newly founded administrative bodies.
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The statute does not say who should have the vote, but it establishes the importance of free elections undersovereignauthority.
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However, those countries do not share or, indeed, impose upon each other asovereignauthorityor control.
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Abolish neither, because if you do abolish one you do undoubtedly destroy thesovereignauthority.
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We want the ordinary insured member to be thesovereignauthorityin his society.
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Our superiorsovereignauthorityis there, and nobody disputes it.
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Here we are dealing with and creating crimes when we have nosovereignauthoritywhich is being offended against.
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This goes back to the case where "the exercise ofsovereignauthority" cannot arise directly.
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You cannot split up thesovereignauthorityover finance.
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Among the component parts of thesovereignauthorityin all times there have differences, constant, recurring, very grave.
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Whatsovereignauthoritydoes he think we have over such matters?
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We havesovereignauthority, and we can do what we like.
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I wish that it were possible to remove the doubt about the definition of the exercise ofsovereignauthority.
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On the other hand, the immunity which will be at stake will almost certainly be that in respect of acts done in the exercise ofsovereignauthority.
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He will appreciate that the determination whether there has been an exercise ofsovereignauthoritywill have to be made in the light of the circumstances of each case.
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They are thesovereignauthority.
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The third authority issovereignauthority.
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Parliament is thesovereignauthoritywhich makes our law, not the passing decisions of evanescent judges whose advice on such points has usually been unsound and always illiberal.
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