suzerainty (soo-z[schwa]-rin-tee or -rayn-tee). 1. Hist. The power of a feudal overlord to whom fealty is due. See FEALTY. 2. Int’l law. The dominion of a nation that controls the foreign relations of another nation but allows it autonomy in its domestic affairs. “At the present time there appears to be no instance of a […]
national treatment. Intellectual property. The policy or practice of a country that accords the citizens of other countries the same intellectual-property protection as it gives its own citizens, with no formal treaty of reciprocity required. • The principle of national treatment underlay the first international intellectual-property treaties in the 19th century, the Paris and Berne
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A state legislative provision or action allocating a measure of autonomy to a local government, conditional on its acceptance of certain terms. Cf. LOCAL OPTION. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 65. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 122, 140–141, 143.]
tutelage (t[y]oo-t[schwa]-lij), n. 1. The act of protecting or guiding; guardianship. 2. Int’l law. The state of being under the care and management of an international organization such as the League of Nations or United Nations. • This term applies, for example, to the status of a people who do not yet benefit from a
privacy. The condition or state of being free from public attention to intrusion into or interference with one’s acts or decisions. autonomy privacy. An individual’s right to control his or her personal activities or intimate personal decisions without outside interference, observation, or intrusion. • If the individual’s interest in an activity or decision is fundamental,
right of privacy. 1. The right to personal autonomy. • The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly provide for a right of privacy or for a general right of personal autonomy, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that a right of personal autonomy is implied in the “zones of privacy” created by specific constitutional guarantees.
diarchy. [fr. Greek dy “two” + archein “rule”] A government jointly ruled by two people, such as William and Mary of England. — Also termed duarchy; dyarchy. “Dyarchy. A term applied by Mommsen to the Roman principate … a period in which he held that sovereignty was shared between the princes and the senate. The
decolonization. Int’l law. The process by which a colonial power divests itself of sovereignty over a colony — whether a territory, a protectorate, or a trust territory — so that the colony is granted autonomy and eventually attains independence.
parental-privilege doctrine. The parent’s right to discipline his or her child reasonably, to use reasonable child-rearing practices free of governmental interference, and to exercise decision-making authority over the child. Cf. PARENTAL-AUTONOMY DOCTRINE; PARENTAL-DISCIPLINE PRIVILEGE.
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commonwealth. 1. A nation, state, or other political unit (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). [Cases: States 1. C.J.S. States §§ 2, 16.] 2. A political unit that has local autonomy but is voluntarily united with the United States (Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands are commonwealths). Cf. DEPENDENCY(1); INSULAR AREA; TERRITORY(2). 3. A loose association