Until 2008 the British position remained the same that China held suzerainty over Tibet but not sovereignty.

While he was in hiding, the city held sovereignty over East Frisia, and collected taxes.

In international law, a concession is a territory within a country that is administered by an entity other than the state which holds sovereignty over it.

Brahimi, satisfied, is compromising on the makeup of the group assigned to hold sovereignty (like a hot potato) until elections early next year.

Under that doctrine, the king, and by extension his entire government, held unlimited sovereignty over its subjects.

Subjects of the Empire who were given a princely title by an Emperor, but who held no territory or sovereignty at all.

At the same time, however, there was also a dispute with the Electorate of Trier over who held sovereignty.

To understand why, one has to look at the polemic that took place during 1587 about the question who held sovereignty.

The Holy See holds sovereignty over the state of Vatican City and maintains diplomatic relations with 180 other states.

A legitimate fount of honour is a person or entity who held sovereignty when the order was established.