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et, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. Macaulay.

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.

A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle. Milton.

dget, to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government.

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

ion formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to

A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish porposes". Crabb.

A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

r prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people. [Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit. Abp. Tillotson.

The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

irant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.

Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.