Monarchy
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MONARCHY, government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is entrusted to the hands of a single magistrate. Toull. tit. prel. n. 30. The country governed by a monarch is also called a monarchy.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.