Bureaucracy
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A government by departments, each under a chief; a word to describe the system used in an invidious sense. Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A government by bureaus or departments.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A system in which the business of government is carried on in departments, each under the control of a chief, in contradistinction from a system in which the officers of government have a coordinate authority.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A system in which the business of government is carried on in departments, each under the control of a ehief, in contradistinction from a system in which the officers of government have a coordinate authority.