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popular sovereignty
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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:  popular sovereignty
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens

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popular sovereignty
–noun
1.the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
2.American History. (before the Civil War) a doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, esp. with respect to slavery.
[Origin: 1840–50, Americanism]
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