arbitrary act

Anything that goes beyond this constitutes an arbitrary act and an abuse of the system.

This arbitrary act naturally increased the dissatisfaction in the country.

The Office for dealing with arbitrary acts of uniformed officers.

The military reacted to the protests with arbitrary acts which were not covered by the law.

But Tharoor describes it as an arbitrary act without provocation.

Many arbitrary acts of violence committed by the police against the indigenous communities go unpunished.

They cannot be punished or killed or subjected to arbitrary acts.

In fact, to his understanding, every effort to help on our part was an arbitrary act guided by our own self-interest alone.

Quaresma became deeply disappointed when he saw the violence of the regime and its arbitrary acts.

Lincoln had tended to rule by decree, thanks to the all-purpose "military necessity" which gave legitimacy to his most arbitrary acts.

Had I voted in favour of this resolution, I would have given my support to a questionable and arbitrary act.

His country was misruled, with high taxes, mass hunger, and arbitrary acts of violence and cruelty.

This arbitrary act, though adopted by the chamber, was construed as a fresh attempt to maintain the judgment of the first court-martial.

This arbitrary act angered King Charles II and his advisers.

Done that way it could then be overturned only by arbitrary act of a new Chairman Pro Tem.

Irrational or Arbitrary Act The citywide jail system stood at 105 percent of capacity at that time.

"24 Adam's single arbitrary act of will rendered all subsequent acts of human will inoperative.

In December 2006, Sjödin resigned from the presidency after being sentenced for insult, violence against officials, violent resistance and an arbitrary act.

Many inmates died as a result of human experimentation or fell victim to arbitrary acts perpetrated by the SS guards.

Mr President, where there are no rights there are no laws – merely the exercise of force and arbitrary acts.

- From the celestial heights the arbitrary acts of life seem patterned like a fairy-tale landscape, populated by charming and eccentric figures.

Again, Tylor was able to prove that these curious forms of reference were not distributed round the globe by arbitrary acts of providence.

As the world was yet again subject to arbitrary acts of American imperial power, Fidel's words resonated with Cuban rappers.

Suddenly lifting her higher, he fit her more conveniently against his rampant erection, a willful, arbitrary act unhampered by discretion.

Article 12: Those who incite, dispatch, sign, or execute arbitrary acts, or cause them to be executed, are guilty and must be punished.