1. A government is an organization that has the power to make and enforce laws for a certain territory. There are several definitions on what exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, "govern" means the power to administrate, whether over an area of land, a set group of people, or an association.
2. ruling of a country or area; political control; group of people that rule a country or area; rule, authority. government\gov"ern*ment\ , n. [f. gouvernement. see:
govern.].
3. the act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
4. the mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. that free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth.
5. the right or power of governing; authority. i here resign my government to thee.
6. the person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. when we, in england, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being.
7. the body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of europe.
8. management of the limbs or body.
9. (gram.) the influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
10. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
11. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
12. The right or power of governing; authority.
13. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
14. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
15. Management of the limbs or body.
16. The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government" the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities".
17. 1. The government of a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it. The Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve. democratic governments in countries like Britain and the US. fighting between government forces and left-wing rebels.
18. Government consists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit. The first four years of government were completely disastrous. our system of government. Political system by which a body of people is administered and regulated. Different levels of government typically have different responsibilities. The level closest to those governed is local government. Regional governments comprise a grouping of individual communities. National governments nominally control all the territory within internationally recognized borders and have responsibilities not shared by their subnational counterparts. Most governments exercise executive, legislative (see:
legislature), and judicial (see:
judiciary) powers and split or combine them in various ways. Some also control the religious affairs of their people; others avoid any involvement with religion. Political forms at the national level determine the powers exercised at the subnational levels; these have included autocracy, democracy, fascism, monarchy, oligarchy, plutocracy (government by the wealthy), theocracy, and totalitarianism. tent government cloistered government city government government budget military government Friends of Constitutional Government.
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