# Self-proclaimed

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{{Short description|Informal title given by the declarer}}
'''Self-proclaimed''' describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation. The term is used informally for anyone declaring themselves to any informal title.

==Examples==
*[Micronations](/source/Micronations) such as [Sealand](/source/Principality_of_Sealand) are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged by any recognized sovereign state.<ref>{{Cite news |first= Elisabeth |last= Braw |title= Unhappy with the government? Follow the lead of 'Sealand' |url= http://metronews.ca/news/185992/unhappy-with-the-government-follow-the-lead-of-sealand/ |work= [Metro News](/source/Metro_News) |date= 2010-06-29 |accessdate= 2015-04-16 |archive-date= 2012-11-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121111004653/http://metronews.ca/news/185992/unhappy-with-the-government-follow-the-lead-of-sealand/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
*A [self-proclaimed monarch](/source/Self-proclaimed_monarchy) such as [Jean-Bédel Bokassa](/source/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa).
* [Self-styled order](/source/Self-styled_order), a [chivalric order](/source/chivalric_order) with unrecognised claim of historical legacy.

==Usage==
{{quote|Taking to her blog to blast [Melissa Etheridge](/source/Melissa_Etheridge) in poetic prose, the self-proclaimed 'Hollywood Farm Girl' said she was "blindsided" by the timing of the dissolution of their domestic partnership.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Melissa Etheridge's Ex "Blindsided" by Divorce |url=http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b188895_melissa_etheridges_ex_blindsided_by.html#ixzz0sk5LkiSY |work=[E!](/source/E!) |date=July 3, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-04 }}</ref>}}

{{quote|In March, officials said that [Khalid Sheik Mohammed](/source/Khalid_Sheik_Mohammed), the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks, probably would be tried before a military tribunal and that a decision appeared to be imminent.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sept. 11 terrorism trials still in search of a venue|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/03/AR2010070302964.html |newspaper=[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post) |date=July 4, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-04 | first=Jerry | last=Markon}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[Pretender](/source/Pretender)
*[Self-declared state](/source/Self-declared_state)

==References==
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Category:Civil law (common law)

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