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.
A place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoke, filled, room.