Republic
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A commonwealth; that form of government in which the administration of a hairs is open to all the citizens. In another sense, it signifies the state, independently of its form of government.
1 Toullier 28 and n., 202, note.