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Which phrase describes the political condition in which a single ruler exercises absolute authority and is not bound by any law?

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Sovereignty is a political concept that refers to dominant power or supreme authority. In a monarchy, supreme power resides in the "sovereign", or king. In modern democracies, sovereign power rests with the people and is exercised through representative bodies such as Congress or Parliament.

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Tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint.

Tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint. In antiquity the word tyrant was not necessarily pejorative and signified the holder of absolute political power.
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The phrase Rule of Man describes the political condition in which a single ruler or party exercises absolute authority and is not bound by any law. It is esentially the opposite of the legal concept of "Rule of Law."

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