James Madison: Federalist 51
(1788)Glossary
- anarchy the “war of all against all” in a state of nature where no rights are secure
- commensurate matching in size or degree; proportionate
- encroachments acts of trespassing on the property or domain of another
- emoluments compensations
- nominal existing in name only and not in reality
- prudence good or cautious judgment
- usurpations wrongful seizures or exercises of authority or privilege belonging to another
