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Tyranny

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Tyranny, means an arbitrary or despotic government; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, whether vested constitutionally in one ruler or usurped by that ruler by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental power, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1523.

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