Although being under protectorate, Morocco retained -de jure- its personality as a state in international law, according to an International Court of Justice statement, and thus remained a sovereign state, without discontinuity between pre-colonial and modern entities.
Skønt det var under protektorat, bevarede Marokko de jure sin stilling som en stat i international ret, i henhold til en international domstols verdering og forblev dermed en suveræn stat, uden diskontinuitet mellem førkoloniale og moderne enheder.