This is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which is measured up to 200 nm from the outermost baseline (archipelagic baseline).

This is an element of a state through which the will of the people is formulated, expressed and carried out.

This is the branch of the government which has adjudicatory jurisdication.

The kind of government which is stablished according to the constitution of the state, and lawfully entitled to recognition and supremacy and administration of the state

In this system of government, there is a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches.

A state doctrine which provides that acts of the government done within the boundary of its power as agent are considered acts of the state as principal.

This doctrine provides that once a state comes into existence, it continues despite changes in its circumstances as long as the other elements of state are still present.

This is an essential part of the Constitution which sets the fundamental rights of the people and imposing certain limitations in the powers of the government.

This is a mode of changing the constitution which is applicable only to amendments.