POLITICAL POWER

political power. The power vested in a person or body of persons exercising any function of the state; the capacity to influence the activities of the body politic. — Also termed civil power. sovereign political power.Power that is absolute and uncontrolled within its own sphere. • Within its designated limits, its exercise and effective operation do not depend on, and are not subject to, the power of any other person and cannot be prevented or annulled by any other power recognized within the constitutional system. — Often shortened to sovereign power. — Also termed supreme power. [Cases: States  1. C.J.S. States §§ 2, 16.]

subordinate political power. Power that, within its own sphere of operation, is subject in some degree to external control because there exists some superior constitutional power that can prevent, restrict, direct, or annul its operation. — Often shortened to subordinate power.

[Blacks Law 8th]