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Potentate

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who has a great power over an extended country; a sovereign. By the naturalization laws of the United States, an alien is required, before he can be naturalized, to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereign whatever. POTENTIA (Lat.) Possibility; power.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A ruler; a sovereign.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who has a great power over an extended country; a sovereign. By the naturalization laws of the United States, an alien is required, before he can be naturalized, to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereign whatever.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A person who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign or monarch. By the naturalization law of the United States, an alien is required to renounce all allegiance to any foreign "prince, potentate, or sovereign whatever."