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> >> 
> >> 
> >> flari'a (enact; legal)
> >> r1=f5 enacts law r2=f1 for community f3 under condition r3=f4
> >> 
> > I guess it's OK to have alternatives, but be aware that jbovlaste
> > already has {flatruci'e}, {zuktruci'e} and {pairtruci'e} for the three
> > branches of government.
> 
> It seems to me a bit unlojbanic to have {ciste} in these lujvo like trying to 
> distinguish a noun from a verb (govern vs. government). What additional 
> information/restriction does {ci'e} convey here?
> 
> (I notice that the gismu list does have {truci'e} in the notes, though.)
> 

In a representative democracy there are many interdependent people, processes 
and conventions involved in the three branches of government - hence 'systems'.  
For me {flari'a} is valid but could, for example, mean nothing more than a tribal chief 
dictating/imposing  his whim ('law') on the tribe.

mu'o mi'e andrus