What is SUPREME POWER?

The highest authority in a state, all other powers in it being inferior thereto.

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Related Legal Terms
SUPREME COURT, SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, POWER OF APPOINTMENT, DELEGATED POWER, POLICE POWER, ARBITRARY POWER, POSITION POWER, PUNITIVE POWER, POWER EXECUTIVE, PATERNAL POWER


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