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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pop′ular sov′ereignty, - Governmentthe 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.
- Government[Amer. Hist.](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.
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