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Rebellion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Rebellion : (noun)
1: refusal to accept some authority or code or convention;
"each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body
was in rebellion against fatigue"
2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: insurrection,
revolt, rising, uprising]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rebellion : \Re*bel"lion\, n. [F. r['e]bellion, L. rebellio. See
Rebel, v. t. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a
revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that
had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the
authority of the government to which one owes obedience,
and resistances to its officers and laws, either by
levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized
uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or
overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force;
revolt; insurrection.
No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed
than men of desperate principles resort to it.
--Ames.
2. Open resistances to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt
on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished.
--Wharton. --Burrill.
Syn: Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance;
contumacy. See Insurrection.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REBELLION, crim. law. The taking up arms traitorously against the government
and in another, and perhaps a more correct sense,Rebellion : signifies the
forcible opposition and resistance to the laws and process lawfully issued.
2. If the rebellion amount to treason, it is punished by the laws of
the United States with death. If it be a mere resistance of process, it is
generally punished by fine and imprisonment. See Dalloz, Dict. h.t.; Code
Penal, 209.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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REBELLION, COMMISSION OF. A commission ofRebellion : is the name of a writ
issuing out of chancery to compel the defendant to appear. Vide Commission
of Rebellion.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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