This word, in its original and most simple acceptation, signifies master and supreme lord; it is synonymous with monarch ; hut taken in bad part as it is usually ' employed, it signifies a tyrant In some states, despot is the title given to the sovereign, as king is given in others. Enc. Lond.. Despotism. That abuse of government where the sovereign power is not divided, but … [Read more...] about DESPOT
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DETECTIVE
A police officer who is given the duty to investigate a crime and apprehend the people responsible for its commission. … [Read more...] about DETECTIVE
DESPOTISM
government. That abuse of government, where the sovereign power is not divided, but united in the hands of a single man, whatever may be his official title. It is not, properly, a form of government. … [Read more...] about DESPOTISM
DETENTIO
In the civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. It forms the substance of possession in all Its varieties. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 238. … [Read more...] about DETENTIO
DESRENABLE
L. Fr. Unreasonable. … [Read more...] about DESRENABLE