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Commonwealth
A state a body politic consisting of a certain number of men united by compact or tacit agreement under one form of government
sovereignty
sovereignty also sov·ran·ty [sÄ -vrən-tē, sə-, -və-rən-] n pl: -ties 1 a : supreme power esp. over a body politic b : freedom from external control : autonomy 2 : one that is sovereign ;esp : an autonomous
Panhellenism
A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body … A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body
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Secede
self by a solemn act to draw off to retire especially to withdraw from a political or religious body … to separate ones self by a solemn act to draw off to retire especially to withdraw from a political or religious body
Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against
c. 18, enacts that every conveyance of lands, made with the intent to defraud and deceive any person, bodies politic or corporate, who shall purchase the same, shall be deemed (as against that person, etc.) to be
legislator
: a person who makes laws esp. for a political unit ;esp : a member of a legislative body leg·is·la·to·ri·al [le-jəs-lə-tōr-ē-əl] adj leg·is·la·tor·ship n … proposer, from ferre (past participle latus) to carry, propose] : a person who makes laws esp. for a political unit ;esp : a member of a legislative body leg·is·la·to·ri·al [le-jəs-lə-tōr-ē-əl] adj leg·is·la·tor·ship n
republic
nation) having such a form of government 2 : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing … state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president ;also : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government 2 : a government in which supreme power
Judge
a judgment which, is confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive or who is one of a body of persons which body of persons is em-powered by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, … by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 19) To secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud.
Sovereign
KING. Also, a gold coin of the value of twenty shillings; see Coinage Act, 1870. 1. A person, body, or state vested with independent and Supreme authority 2. Ruler of an independent state, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th … 2. Ruler of an independent state, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1401. The term sovereign means a political superior who is not subject to any other political superior, AIR 1953 Pat 1(4).
president
usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies 4 : the presiding officer of a governmental body [the Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 5 … an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly 2 : an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit 3 : the chief officer of an organization (as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the
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