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government definition - legal

n

  1. The political organization by which a state or nation is ruled.
  2. In criminal cases, the prosecution is occasionally referred to as the government.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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