POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY


Meaning of POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1848

1. : a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people

2. : a pre-Civil War doctrine asserting the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be permitted there

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.