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Supremacy

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The sinte of being supreme or in the highest station of power; paramount authority; sovereignty; sovereign power.

— Act of supremacy. The English stafute 1 Eliz. c. 1, whereby the supremacy and autonomy of the crown in spiritual or ecclesiastical matters was declared and established.

— Oath of supremacy. An oath to uphold the supreme power of the kingdom of England in the person of the reigning sovereign.