Respect the sovereign authority, since it comes from God.

A states traditional sovereign decision-making authority has become shared, in recent years, with such actors giving rise to new methods and strategies.

By that time the margraviate was de facto independent of any sovereign authority.

People seeking political sanctuary typically do so by asking a sovereign authority for asylum.

In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

The sovereign authority in any country is the power of making laws, and everything else is an official department.

To give him sovereign authority over his people.

The monarchy was seen as the absolute sovereign authority, with the divine right to rule.

"Unlike a business, the Government has the sovereign authority to meet its liabilities with its power to tax."

The Community has by treaty delegated their sovereign authority and jurisdiction.