Monarchy ruled by an elected monarch.
1 Poland calls itself a republic, which is an hereditary aristocracy, with what is called an elective monarchy .
2 The government at first, as we have seen, was an elective monarchy , the electors being a patriarchal aristocracy.
3 Poland was strictly an elective monarchy .
4 The government of the Aztecs, or Mexicans, was an elective monarchy , the sovereign being, however, always chosen from the same family.
5 This kingdom was an elective monarchy , and usually upon the death of a king the fiercest strife ensued as to who should be his successor.
6 In elective monarchies , the vacancy of the throne is a moment big with danger and mischief.
7 In elective monarchies , it is held for life.
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