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ANARCHY Definition & Legal Meaning

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The destruction of government: lawlessness; the absence of all political government; by extension, confusion in government. See Spies v. People, 122 111. 1, 253, 12 N. E. 8G5, 3 Am. St. Rep. 320; Lewis v. Daily News Co., 81 Md. 460, 32 Atl. 240, 29 L. R. A. 59; People v. Most, 3G Misc. Rep. 139, 73 N. Y. Supp. 220; Von Gerichten v. Seitz, 94 App. Div. 130, 87 N. Y. Supp. 90S.

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