Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2010 census, the population was 670,850. Its county seat is Dedham. The county was named after the English county of the same name with the meaning northern folk. Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves.
Popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
The noun SOVEREIGNTY has 3 senses: 1. government free from external control. 2. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch. 3. the authority of a state to govern another state. Familiarity information: SOVEREIGNTY used as a noun is uncommon. Dictionary entry details.