HAVINGspokenofthegeneration，form，andpowerofaCommonwealth，Iaminordertospeaknextofthepartsthereof。Andfirstofsystems，whichresemblethesimilarpartsormusclesofabodynatural。Bysystems，Iunderstandanynumbersofmenjoinedinoneinterestoronebusiness。Ofwhichsomeareregular，andsomeirregular。Regulararethosewhereoneman，orassemblyofmen，isconstitutedrepresentativeofthewholenumber。Allotherareirregular。
Ofregular，someareabsoluteandindependent，subjecttononebuttheirownrepresentative：suchareonlyCommonwealths，ofwhichIhavespokenalreadyinthefivelastprecedentchapters。Othersaredependent；thatistosay，subordinatetosomesovereignpower，towhicheveryone，asalsotheirrepresentative，issubject。
Ofsystemssubordinate，somearepolitical，andsomeprivate。
PoliticalotherwisecalledbodiespoliticandpersonsinlawarethosewhicharemadebyauthorityfromthesovereignpoweroftheCommonwealth。Privatearethosewhichareconstitutedbysubjectsamongstthemselves，orbyauthorityfromastranger。Fornoauthorityderivedfromforeignpower，withinthedominionofanother，ispublicthere，butprivate。
Andofprivatesystems，somearelawful；someunlawful：lawfularethosewhichareallowedbytheCommonwealth；allotherareunlawful。