Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
The right or power of governing; authority.
The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
Management of the limbs or body.
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.