sovereign citizen

English

Noun

sovereign citizen (plural sovereign citizens)

  1. A member of a loose movement of Americans, Canadians and Australians who consider themselves answerable only to their own particular interpretation of the common law, and not subject to any government statutes or proceedings.
    Synonyms: sovereign, SovCit
  2. (in the plural) The body politic of a nation.
    • 1924, Oscar Newfang, The Road to World Peace, page 332:
      The supreme authority remains with the sovereign citizens, and the uncurbed authority of the various branches of government, local, national and federal, extends only to the specific and limited functions which have been conferred upon each by the free consent of hte citizens for their better government.
    • 1989 June 1, William Greider, “What Oliver North's Trial Means to US”, in Rolling Stone‎, archived from the original on 11 December 2017, retrieved 23 February 2018:
      lying to the sovereign citizens as well.
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