(Of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces.
1For the people of the plain were self-governing; they had no lords.
2This incident illustrates the underlying principle of taxation in a self-governing community.
3Up to that date they had not been self-governing; the Governor ruled.
4So it was altered until practically the colonists became a self-governing people.
5We wish this great country of ours to be greater and self-governing.
6A Greek city, being independent and self-governing, is properly called a city-state.
7Greenland and the Faroe Islands are self-governing countries within the Kingdom of Denmark.
8So, we think of ourselves as autonomous, self-governing human-beings in our own right.
9In effect, strike or no strike, the district was already self-governing.
10They revolted however, in A. D. 40, and declared themselves a self-governing community.
11Every decision is a communal one for the self-governing Ensemble Modern.
12They are self-governing, yes, but they are British crown dependent territories.
13The idea that we the people are self-governing is a mirage.
14By the divine blessing on such experiences, the self-governing power usually gains strength.
15Gibraltar is an economically self-reliant, and mostly self-governing British Overseas Territory.
16Canada was represented by some of the high officials of that self-governing colony.