It was the sovereign body, and it was composed of all the citizens.

A municipal sovereign body can create statutory bodies with legal capacities to act within the powers conferred.

On March 11 it voted to proclaim itself a sovereign body whose decisions would be binding and not subject to government authority.

Since separate sovereign bodies had filed the charges, double jeopardy did not apply to Lara's case.

Therefore a government must be separate from that of the sovereign body.

The term is common in international law where there are no sovereign governing bodies.

"The problem is whether Parliament is a sovereign body or whether we are going to be forced to make decisions under pressure."

Yet the High Authority was far from being a sovereign body.

Furthermore, Parliament is a sovereign political body and can deal with petitions that request changes in the law, or even new laws.

The National Assembly of Pakistan is the country's sovereign legislative body.