"sovereignty" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Unlike in a federal supra-state, member states retain nominal sovereignty, although some sovereignty is shared with, or ceded to, the supranational body.
- The Treaty of Wehlau revoked the nominal sovereignty of the King of Poland in 1657.
- The agreement ensured that the region would have its own administration, recognized the rights of the local population and provided for self-government under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
- On the death of the nawab in 1853, it was determined to put an end to the nominal sovereignty, a liberal establishment being provided for the family.
- The nominal sovereignty of Friedland-Seidenberg was also revoked at this time.
- In each case, the title asserts the autonomy of the canton and its nominal sovereignty within the Swiss Confederation.
- The Cuan family took the strategy by which they recognized the nominal sovereignty of the central governments while remaining themselves as the real local rulers.
- During the 1970s and 1980s, four ethnic bantustans, some of which were extremely fragmented, were carved out of South Africa and given nominal sovereignty.
- The RSI exercised nominal sovereignty in northern Italy, but was largely dependent on German troops to maintain control.
- The island was under nominal Spanish sovereignty since 1668, but it was not effectively occupied until 1885.
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