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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.

Government by the nobility. [R.] Howell.

To set apart for an office; to appoint. Being ordained his special governor. Shak.

rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance. Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance. Shak. By custom and the ordinance of times. Shak. Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke i. 6.

ant end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.

rganization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering.