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Nation

the joint affairs of their combined strength. As ordinarily used presu posses or implies independence of any other sovereign power more or less absolute, an organised government, recognised officials, a system of laws, definite boundaries and the power

Divisions of the High Court

is transferred to the High Court (ss. 5, 16); but s. 32 of the same Act gave the Sovereign in Council power to reduce or increase the number of Divisions or the number of judges attached to

Empire

jurisdiction of an emperor; the region over which the dominion of an emperor extends; imperial power; supreme dominion; sovereign command.

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Papist

Protestants who in Statutes, Canons, and the 36th Article of Religion maintain the supreme ecclesiastical power of the sovereign. From the date of the Reformation Papists, either under that title or under the title of persons professing

extradition

over] : the surrender of an accused usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one sovereign (as a state or nation) to another that has jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded … provisions of a treaty or statute by one sovereign (as a state or nation) to another that has jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded his or her return see also asylum state compare detainer,

state

a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory ;esp : one that is sovereign b : the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis

territoriality

territoriality 1 : territorial status 2 : the jurisdiction of a sovereign state over matters within the limits of its territory esp. as exercisable apart from the minimum contacts standard … territoriality 1 : territorial status 2 : the jurisdiction of a sovereign state over matters within the limits of its territory esp. as exercisable apart from the

Booty of war

of booty of war is in the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the High Court, on a reference by the sovereign. See Judic. Act, 1925, s. 22. See Banda and Kirwee Booty, (1875) LR 4 Adm. & E. 436. … of the Crown or to the Crown itself. By 3 & 4 Vict. c. 65, s. 22, the jurisdiction in matters of booty of war is in the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the High Court, on a reference

Lord Lieutenant of a County

at the head of them, as the Crown shall direct. They have the power of presenting to the sovereign the names of deputy-lieutenants, who are to be selected from the best gentry in the county, and act

High Steward, Court of the Lord

of certiorari into the Court of the Lord High Steward, which alone has power to determine it. The sovereign, in case a peer be indicted for treason, felony, or misprision, appoints a Lord High Ste-ward pro vice,

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