Sovereignty is the property of the state-force due to which it has the exclusive capacity of legal self-determination and self-restriction. Definition of Government 1. That institution or aggregate of institutions 2. by which an independent society 3. makes and carries out those rules of action 4. which are necessary to enable men to live in a social state 5. or which are imposed upon the people forming that society by those who possess the power or authority of prescribing them.
WENCESLAO PASCUAL, in His Official Capacity As Provincial Governor of Rizal, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, ET AL., Respondents-Appellees.