CHAPTER V

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19. +Definition.+ (_a_) Political. (_b_) Sovereign.

20. +Nature.+ (_a_) Moral. (_b_) Physical. (_c_) Communal. (_d_) External conditions.

21. +Recognition of New States.+ (_a_) _De facto_ existence. (_b_) Circumstances of recognition. (1) By division. (2) By union. (3) By admission of old states. (4) By admission of former barbarous communities. (5) Individual and collective recognition. (_c_) Act of recognition. (_d_) Premature recognition. (_e_) Conditions. (_f_) Recognition irrevocable. (_g_) Consequences. (1) The Recognizing state. (2) The Recognized state. (3) The Parent state. (4) Other States.