The king is both legal and politic.

Explanation

The sovereign possesses both a legal capacity (bound by law) and a political capacity (exercising discretion within legal bounds) — neither is unlimited.

Where this applies

• A governor exercises executive discretion to pardon a prisoner (political capacity) but is also bound by the state constitution's procedural requirements for pardons (legal capacity), showing that the sovereign is both political and legal.
• A president makes a foreign policy decision (political capacity) but must comply with constitutional treaty requirements (legal capacity) because sovereign authority has both a discretionary and a legally bound dimension.
• A legislature exercises its political judgment in setting tax rates but is legally bound not to impose taxes that violate equal protection — the sovereign power is both political and legal.