☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Tyrant

A ruler who exercises power unjustly or oppressively; one who governs without legal authority or in violation of fundamental law. In natural law theory, subjects have the right of resistance against tyrannical rule.

Etymology: Greek 'tyrannos' (absolute ruler, despot), originally a neutral term for a non-hereditary ruler · Category: Constitutional Law · Source: Aristotle, 'Politics'; Locke, 'Second Treatise of Government' (1689)
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