sui regendi, latin, a self-governing nation.
deos terrum, latin, God’s land.
eg. a matter that falls within the court’s jurisdiction
Deos Terrum has adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’ principles into its national framework.
body politic
State or nation or public associations – Black’s Law 4th Edition
society
An association or company of persons (generally unincorporated) united together by mutual consent, in order to deliberate, determine, and act jointly for some common purpose. In a wider sense, the community or public; the people in general. – Black’s Law 4th Edition
Nation
“An Independent body politic; a society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength. But every combination of men who govern themselves independently of all others will not be considered a nation. A body of pirates, for example, who govern themselves, are not a nation. To constitute a nation, another ingredient is required. The body thus formed must respect other nations in general, and each of their members in particular. Such a society has her affairs and her interests; she deliberates and takes resolutions in common, thus becoming a moral person, who possesses an understanding and will peculiar to herself, and is susceptible of obligations and rights.” Vattel, Prelim. Ill, 2; 5 Pet. (U. S.) 52. See 1 Idaho (N. S.) 612.
peace
The tranquility enjoyed by a political society, internally by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security as opposed to one of violence or warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum. – Black’s Law 4th Edition
intent
“Intent” expresses mental action at its most advanced point, or as it actually accompanies an outward, corporal act which has been determined on. Intent shows the presence of will in the act which consummates a crime. It is the exercise of intelligent will, the mind being fully aware of the nature and consequences of the act which is about to be done, and with such knowledge, and with full liberty of action, willing and electing to do it. – Black’s Law 4th Edition
Will
Wish; desire; pleasure; inclination; choice; the faculty of conscious, and especially of deliberate, action. – Black’s Law 4th Edition
Power
Authority to do any act which the grantor might himself lawfully perform – Black’s Law 4th Edition
Covenant
An agreement between two or more parties, reduced to writing and executed by a sealing and delivery thereof, whereby some of the parties named therein engage, or one of them engages, with the other, or others, or some of them, therein also named, that some act hath or hath not already been done, or for the performance or non-performance of some specified duty. – Black’s Law 4th Edition
state
In its largest sense, a “state” is a body politic or a society of men. – Black’s Law 6th Edition
obligation
The binding power of a vow, promise, oath, or contract, or of law, civil, political, or moral, independent of a promise; that which constitutes legal or moral duty, and which renders a person liable to coercion and punishment for neglecting it. – Black’s Law 4th Edition