Rebellion
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In criminal law. The taking up arms traitorously against the government; the forcible opposition and resistance to the laws and process lawfully issued. If the rebellion amount to treason, it is punished by the laws of the United States with death. If it be a mere resistance of process, it is generally punished by fine and imprisonment.
See Dalloz; Pen. Code, 209.