The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
The relationship between a word and its dependents.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
The tenure of a chief of state.
The management or control of a system.
The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.