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Meanings of arbitrary power in English

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Usage of arbitrary power in English
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All of us can remember being made the victim of arbitrary power.
Wired
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The object was to free themselves and their posterity from arbitrary power.
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
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Mr. Buchanan used his arbitrary power on four occasions during his term.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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But honesty only, and not arbitrary power, is necessary for that purpose.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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Let's take this arbitrary power from the taoiseach of the day.
The Irish Times
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After desiring arbitrary power in this letter, he desires a perpetuation of it.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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But Englishmen were not better than others, when in possession of arbitrary power.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
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When it was found that treachery could do nothing, arbitrary power was used.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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We have not to do with arbitrary power, with inscrutable will.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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Why, if there is arbitrary power, there can be no institutes.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)
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But did he by that arbitrary power correct any one corruption?
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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God forbid arbitrary power should be given into the hands of any man!
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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Instead, they have become tools of arbitrary power and cruelty; the opposite of law.
The Guardian
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Conditions in London-Effects of faction and of arbitrary power-Attitudeof Hutchinson-Disturbances in North Carolina
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2
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He assumed arbitrary power, and turned in and out every servant at his pleasure.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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The people beheld with dismay these new servants of arbitrary power and of persecution.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
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