"Polygarchy" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

balángay (not without l) n {1} barrio, the smallest unit of self-government. {2} k. o. large boat. -nun n pertaining …

A supposititious code of severe laws for the regulation of religious and personal conduct in the colonies of Connecticut and …

An ofiice for the transaction of business. A name given to the several departments of the executive or admin istra-tive …

The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing …

Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called …

A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments …

A tribunal empowered to try any officer of government or other per-son brought to lts bar by the process of …

Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of …

One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or …

Pertaiuing or relating to a nation as a whole; commonly applied in American law to institutions, laws, or af-fairs of …

To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each …

To preside over a court is to “hold” it,—to dlrect, control, and govern lt as the chlef officer. A judge …

In Spanish and Mexican law. Productive lands, the usufruct of which had been set apart to the several municipalities for …

In international law. A species of retaliation, which takes place where a government, whose citizens are subjected to severe and …

Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.

Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or …

In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of …

Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.

Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a …

To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not …