[[Fasciculus:Circulation in macroeconomics.svg|thumb|300px|Locus civitatis ([[Anglice]]: ''government'') in [[oeconomia]].]]
'''Civitas sui iuris''' est civilis [[societas humana|hominum societas]] cui est efficax regionis [[geographia|geographicae]] dominatus, vel pleniore, [[civitas]] cui est territorium definitum, super quod [[maiestas (Ius constitutionale)|maiestatem]] ([[Anglice]]: ''sovereignty'') internum externumque habet, [[incola]]s perennes, [[administratiopotestas exsecutiva|administrationem]]nem, libertatem ab aliis civitatibus et potestatibus, et facultas ad faciendas [[Coniunctiones internationales|coniunctiones]] (''international relations'') cum aliis civitatibus suorum iurum.<ref>{{cite book |title=International law |first1=Malcolm Nathan |last1=Shaw |year=[[2003]] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=178 |quote=Article 1 of the [[Montevideo Convention]] on Rights and Duties of States, 1933 lays down the most widely accepted formulation of the criteria of statehood in international law. It note that the state as an international person should possess the following qualifications: '(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with other states'}}<br>{{cite book |title=Perspectives on international law |editor1-first=Nandasiri |editor1-last=Jasentuliyana |publisher=Kluwer Law International |year=[[1995]] |page=20 |quote=So far as States are concerned, the traditional definitions provided for in the Montevideo Convention remain generally accepted.}}</ref> Praeterea, ea usitate putatur civitas quae ex ulla alia potestate vel civitate non pendet vel in earum dicione non est.<ref>{{cite book |title=Elements of international law: with a sketch of the history of the science |first1=Henry |last1=Wheaton |publisher=Carey, Lea & Blanchard |year=1836 |page=51 |quote=A sovereign state is generally defined to be any nation or people, whatever may be the form of its internal constitution, which governs itself independently of foreign powers.}}<br>{{cite |title=sovereign |work=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=4th |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |year=[[2004]] |accessdate=21 Februarii 2010 |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sovereign |quote=adj. 1. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state.}}<br>{{cite |title=sovereign |work=The [[New Oxford American Dictionary]] |edition=2nd |yeat=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |place=Oxford |isbn=0-19-517077-6 |quote=adjective ... [ attrib. ] (of a nation or state) fully independent and determining its own affairs: a sovereign, democratic republic.}}</ref> In condicionibus opinabilibus, civitas sui iuris ab aliis civitatibus suorum iurum non nota exsistere potest, sed civitati non notae saepe est difficile habere omnes potestates foederum factorum et [[diplomatia|diplomaticarum]] cum aliis civitatibus suorum iurum coniunctionum susceptarum. At omnes civitas obligationem apud [[ius inter civitates et gentes]] habent et apud [[Iudicium inter Civitates]] quod [[Charta Consociationis Nationum]] definit. Civitas sui iuris plerumque habet [[institutio]]nes quae dicionem auctoritatemque adserunt facere [[lex|leges]] quae [[homo|homines]] gubernant qui illam regionem [[habitatio|habitant]].<!--, though its status as a state often depends in part on being recognized by a number of other states as having internal and external sovereignty over it.
In [[sociology]], the state is normally identified with these institutions: in [[Max Weber]]'s influential definition, it is that organization that "(successfully) claims a [[monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force]] within a given territory," which may include the [[armed forces]], [[civil service]] or state [[bureaucracy]], [[court]]s, and [[police]]. -->
