Blacks Law - 4th Edition

ARBITRARY
TYRANNY. Arbitrary or despotic government;
the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign
power, either vested constitutionally in one ruler,
or usurped by him by breaking down the division
and distribution of governmental powers.
TYRANT. A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate
or otherwise, who uses his power unjustly
and arbitrarily, to the oppression of his subjects.
ARBITRARY. Means in an "arbitrary" manner,
as fixed or done capriciously or at pleasure; without
adequate determining principle; not founded
in the nature of things; nonrational; not done or
acting according to reason or judgment; depending
on the will alone; absolutely in power; capriciously;
tyrannical; despotic; Cornell v.
Swisher County, Tex.Civ.App., 78 S.W.2d 1072,
1074. Without fair, solid, and substantial cause;
that is, without cause based upon the law. U. S.
v. Lotempio, D.C.N.Y., 58 F.2d 358, 359; not governed
by any fixed rules or standard. People ex
rel. Hultman v. Gilchrist, 188 N.Y.S. 61, 65, 114
Misc. 651.