66 GOVERNMENT. 



Interna'tional Law. — The laws regulating the mutual in- 

 tercourse between different nations. 



Interreg'num. — The time during which a throne is vacant 

 between the death or abdication of one sovereign and the 

 accession of another. 



Judi'ciary. — The system of courts of justice in a government. 



Land-warrant. — An instrument issued from the Department 

 of the Interior of the United States, certifying that the 

 person in whose favor it is drawn is entitled to locate a 

 specified number of acres of land at any land-office of the 

 United States, etc., under certain limitations. This war- 

 rant conveys no title to the land, but is in many respects 

 similar to a bond for a deed. 



Lega'tion. — The person or persons sent as envoys or ambassa- 

 dors to a foreign court. 



Legislature. — The body of men in a state or kingdom in- 

 vested with power to make and repeal laws. The national 

 legislature of the United States is styled Congress, and 

 consists of the President, the Senate, and the House of 

 Representatives. 



Letter of Marque. — A power granted by a state to its citizens, 

 to make reprisals on the citizens of a state with which it 

 is at war. 



Manifes'to. — A declaration of motives by a belligerent state, or 

 by a general having full powers, previous to the com- 

 mencement of hostilities. 



Mon'archy. — A government in which the supreme authority 

 is vested in a single person. Where the monarch pos- 

 sesses an absolute power, the monarchy is termed ahsolute; 

 where the supreme power is virtually in the laws, though 

 the majesty of government and the administration is vested 

 in a single person, it is a limited monarchy. It is heredi- 

 tary if the regal power descends immediately from the 

 possessor to the next heir by blood, as in Great Britain ; 

 elective^ if the choice depends upon all who enjoy the 

 benefit of freedom, as was the case in Poland. 



Naturaliza'tion. — The making a foreigner a lawful subject of 

 the state. 



Neutrality (Armed). — The condition of a neutral power 

 which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression 

 on the part of either of the belligerents between which it 

 is neutral. 



