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POTENTATE

Legal Term: POTENTATE
Definition: One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign.

2. By the naturalization laws, an alien is required, before he can be naturalized, to renounce all allegiance aud fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereign whatever.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary
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