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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.