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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
  • The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country, land area, people, or organization.
  • The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
  • The tenure of a chief of state.
  • uncountable The management or control of a system.

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