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The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death. What can be more natural than the circumstances in the behavior of those women who had…

want. And the city had no need of the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. I have no need to beg. Shak. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Jer. Taylor.

The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent. An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay.

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.

duce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. Counter citations that neutralize each other. E. Everett.

an. -- New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. -- New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. -- New light. (Zoöl.) See Crappie. -- New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (…

Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman.

ctual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor.

tate to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

ce with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames.

A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. Hare.

The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.

A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.

Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few. All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list. Burton.

The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded. M'Culloch.

My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee. Addison. That court which we shall once govern. Bp. Hall.