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polity
A polity is a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a province, prefecture, county, municipality, city, or district.〔See: ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 4th ed., West Publishing Co., (1968), and ''Uricich v. Kolesar'', 54 Ohio App. 309, 7 N.E. 2d 413.〕 It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with a corresponding government. Thomas Hobbes considered bodies politic in this sense in ''Leviathan''.〔Thomas Hobbes, ''Leviathan'', (1651); http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/pdf/hobblev2.pdf; accessed 28 November 2008.〕 In previous centuries, ''body politic'' was also understood to mean "the physical person of the sovereign:" emperor, king or dictator in monarchies and despotisms, and the electorate in republics. In present times, it may also refer to representation of a group, such as ones drawn along ethnic or gender lines. Cabinets in liberal democracies are chosen to represent the body politic.
==See also==
* Entity
* Politeia
* Political system
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