Tyranny
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Arbitrary or despotic government; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constitutionally in one ruler or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
tn government, is the violation of those laws which regulate the division and the exer. cises of the sovereign power of the state. It isa violation of its constitution.: