Government

'''government'''.
'''1.''' The structure of principles and rules determining how a state or organization is regulated.
'''2.''' The sovereign power in a nation or state.
'''3.''' An organization through which a body of people exercises political authority; the machinery by which sovereign power is                           expressed ● In this sense the term refers collectively to the political organs of a country regardless of their function or level, and regardless of the subject matter they deal with.
'''4.''' The executive branch of the U.S. government.
'''5.''' The prosecutors in a given criminal case.
'''6.''' An academic course devoted to the study of government; political science. 

(Black's Law Dictionary 8th ed., © 2004 West Publishing)