At once, in the place of the individual personality of each contracting party,this act of association creates a moral and collective body ,composed of as many members as the assembly contains voters, and receiving from this act its unity,its common identity,its life,and its will, This public person,so formed by the union of all others persons,formerly took the name of city, and now take that of republic or body politic;it is called by its member state when passive,sovereign when active, and power when compared with other like its self.Those who are associate init take collectively the name of people,and severally are called citizens, as sharing in the sovereign power,and subjects, as being under the laws of the state.