absolute rule

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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

But the Posse Comitatus Act is not an absolute rule.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2023

The Heat know it’s not an absolute rule.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2020

In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.

From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2018

"We greatly prefer," observes the author of the "Description," "to lay down no absolute rule of non-restraint, but to refer to our resident officers the exercise of a sound discretion in each individual case."

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack