Sovereign power
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
That power in a state to which none other is superior or equal, and which includes ali the specific powers which are necessary to accomplish the legitimate ends and purposes of government See Boggs v. Merced Min. Co., 14 Cal. 309: Donnelly v. Decker, 58 Wis, 461, 17 N. W. 389, 46 Am. Rep. 637; Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 81.