Tyrant

in government, is the chief magistrate of the state, whether legitimate or otherwise, who violates the constitution to act arbitrarily contrary to justice. Toull. tit. prel. n. 32. The term tyrant and usurper are sometimes used as synonymous, because usurpers are almost always tyrants; usurption is itself a tyrannical act, but properly speaking the words usurper and tyrant convey different ideas. A kin muy become a tyrant, although legitimate, if he acts despotically; while a usurper may cease to be a tyrant by governing according to the dictates of justice. This term is sometimes applied to persons in authority who violate the laws and act arbitrarily towards others. sold. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable in consequence ot particular provisions in the law forbidding their sale or transfer, as pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life and liberty are unalienable.