潜せん在ざい主しゅ権けん

noun

residual sovereignty

A legal and political concept referring to the sovereignty that remains with a people or entity after certain powers have been delegated, often used in contexts of territorial cession or federation.

• 条じょう約やくにより、その地ち域いきの潜せん在ざい主しゅ権けんは元もとの国こっ家かに残のこされた。

  Under the treaty, residual sovereignty over the territory remained with the original state.