Arbitrary or despotic gov-emment; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constltu-tionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers
Arbitrary or despotic gov-emment; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constltu-tionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers