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sovereign
sovereign also sov·ran [-vrən] n : a person or political entity (as a nation or state) possessing or held to possess sovereignty [a controversy between two s…the United States on the one hand and the State of California on the other "U.S. Code"] see also sovereign immunity at immunity also sovran adj 1 : possessed of supreme power [a ruler] 2 : enjoying autonomy [ states] 3 : relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a sovereign ...
sovereign acts doctrine
sovereign acts doctrine : a doctrine granting the United States immunity from contractual obligations for acts performed in its sovereign capacity ...
Act of State
Act of State, means not all governmental acts as it does in the French and Continental Systems but only some of them. The term is next used to designate immunities and prohibitions sometimes created by statutes. The term is also extended to include certain prerogatives and special immunities enjoyed by the sovereign and its agents in the business of internal government. the term is even used to indicate all acts into which, by reason that they are official in character, the Courts may not inquire, or in respect of which an official declaration, is bindings on the Courts, State of Saurashrtra v. Meman Haj Ismail, AIR 1959 SC 1383 (1387): (1960) 1 SCR 537.Means acts done against aliens in exercise of sovereign power of the State. The Municipal Courts debarred from entering into the validity of the Act of State, Secretary of State for India in Council v. Kamachee Boyee Sabha, 7 MIA 476. See also Jahangir v. Secretary of State for India, 6 Bom LR 131; Virendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 19...
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