Establishment

• establishment

  The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose...

• executive

  Persons who administer the law.

• government officials

  People elected or appointed to administer a government.

• bench

  Persons who administer justice.

Also contains

• legislature

  Persons who make or amend or repeal laws.

• government department

  A department of government.

• division

  An administrative unit in government or business.

• court

  The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state.

• local government

  The government of a local area.

• state

  The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered...

• judicature

  The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of...

• federal government

  A government with strong central powers.

• papacy

  The government of the Roman Catholic Church.

• state government

  The government of a state in the United States.

• totalitarian state

  A government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls...

• authoritarian state

  A government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible...

• bureaucracy

  A government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective...

• ancien regime

  A political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed...

• Downing Street

  The British government.

• empire

  A group of countries under a single authority; "the British created a great empire".

• government-in-exile

  A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope...

• military government

  Government by the military and an army.

• palace

  The governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects".

• puppet government

  A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside...