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.
Taking to her blog to blast 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.
[2]In March, officials said that 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.
[3] This legal term article is a stub.