Authority over one's own ground that no outside party may revoke. Sovereignty is not independence — it is the right to decide within one's own bounds.
From sovereign (Vulgar Latin superanus, from super, above), with the suffix -ty; not independence from everyone else, but the right to decide inside one's own bounds.
Authority over one's own ground that no outside party may take away — not independence from everyone else, but the right to decide inside one's own bounds.