{{short description|Latin phrase meaning "highest authority"}} {{Italic title}} {{dictdef|date=July 2018}} '''''Summa potestas''''' is a Latin phrase meaning "highest authority" or "totality of power". It refers to the final authority of power in government. For example, the power of the sovereign<ref>''US Legal Dictionary''</ref> in an autocracy.
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Category:Latin legal terminology Category:Autocracy
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