The destruction of govern-ment; lawlessness; the absence of all pollt-Ical government; b.v extension, confusion in government. See Spies v. People, 122 III. 1, 253, 12 N. E. 865, 3 Am. St. Rep. 320; Lewis AvPaily News Co., 81 Md. 406, 32 Atl. 246, 29 L. R. A. 59; People v. Most. 36 Misc. Rep. 139, 73 N. Y. Supp. 220; Von Gerichten v. Seitz, 94 App. Dlv, 130, 87 N. Y. Supp. 968