Insurrection
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government. An insurrection may constitute treason (2 Dall. [U. S.] 348), and,,if extensive, may amount to civil war.
67 U. S. 635.