A government in which the supreme power is vested in a single per-son. where a monarch is Invested with absolute power, the monarchy is termed “des-potlcwhere the supreme power is virtually in the laws, though the majesty of government and the administration are vested in a single person, it is a “limited” or “constitutional’* monarchy. It is hereditary where the regal power descends lmmediately from the possessor to the next helr by blood, as in England; or elective, as was formerly the case in Poland. lVharton
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
