*2. [[Government]] by [[force]], as [[opposed]] to that which rests upon the will of the [[community]] governed; the employment of force to suppress [[political]] disaffection and the disorder to which it gives rise. In modern [[English]] [[politics]], chiefly applied to the suspension of ordinary constitutional liberties, and other exceptional legislation, from time to time applied to Ireland. | *2. [[Government]] by [[force]], as [[opposed]] to that which rests upon the will of the [[community]] governed; the employment of force to suppress [[political]] disaffection and the disorder to which it gives rise. In modern [[English]] [[politics]], chiefly applied to the suspension of ordinary constitutional liberties, and other exceptional legislation, from time to time applied to Ireland. |