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  2. Suzerainty - Wikipedia

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    The structure of Jewish covenant law was similar to the Hittite form of suzerain. [ 16 ] Each treaty would typically begin with an "Identification" of the Suzerain, followed by an historical prologue cataloguing the relationship between the two groups "with emphasis on the benevolent actions of the suzerain towards the vassal". [ 16 ]

  3. Tributary state - Wikipedia

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    The bunga mas, a form of tribute sent to the King of Ayutthaya from its vassal states in the Malay Peninsula. A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power (the suzerain). [1]

  4. Protectorate - Wikipedia

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    A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law. [1]

  5. Succession of states - Wikipedia

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    In International Law, the situation is analogous to the separation of the Irish Free State from Britain, and Belgium from the Netherlands. In these cases the portion which separated was considered a new State, and the remaining portion continued as an existing State with all the rights and duties which it had before.

  6. Vassal - Wikipedia

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    A vassal [1] or liege subject [2] is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain .

  7. Princely state - Wikipedia

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    A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign [1] entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, [2] subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

  8. Social Security Fairness Act could restore benefits, but ...

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    His daughter-in-law is a teacher in Texas and his son is a firefighter in Texas. "In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," Paternostro said. "It's not fair."

  9. Doctrine of lapse - Wikipedia

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    According to the doctrine, any Indian princely state under the suzerainty of the East India Company, the dominant imperial power in the Indian system of subsidiary alliances, would have its princely status abolished, and therefore be annexed into directly ruled British India, if the ruler was either "manifestly incompetent or died without a male heir". [1]