All military power, authority of occupation, enforcement and the use of force of Heaven shall hereby be vested in the body and force known as Imperium.

The word “Imperium” originally comes from Latin and means “military command; supreme authority; the authority and symbols of power; sovereignty”.

When anyone references, writes or speaks of Imperium specifically or in general as a quality, force, action, power, authority or any other manifestation, it shall mean this body and the powers vested in it and no other.

The valid gift, grant and conveyance of Imperium is hereby vested in all uniquely named offices of military, police, justice and law enforcement defined by the present Covenant and associated Covenants and Charters.

An office or commission of military, police, justice and law enforcement not uniquely named within the present Covenant or associated Covenants and Charters may still receive the valid authority of Imperium by the gift or grant of such power through the exercise of power and authority of an office that has been granted such power by the present Covenant.

However, an office that cannot demonstrate proper gift, grant or conveyance of Imperium through the present Covenant possesses none.

A Letter, License or Warrant is without spiritual, legal or lawful legitimacy if the office issuing such an instrument does not possess the valid power and authority of Imperium.

An instrument issued without the proper authority and power of Imperium is null and void in law, having no force or effect. Any action under an invalid instrument issued without the proper power and authority of Imperium is an immoral, illegal and unlawful act, rendering the agents of such action fully liable for punishment and compensation.