external sovereignty
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 304 - United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 1936Most cited · 1,611 citing opinions
As a result of the separation from Great Britain by the colonies, acting as a unit, the powers of external sovereignty passed from the Crown not to the colonies severally, but to the colonies in their collective and corporate capacity as the United States of America.
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