#high-handedness
- Arbitrary act — Archaic form and old regional variant (found sporadically in early legal translations or administrative manuscripts) for 'arbitrarietate' or 'arbitrary act'; a deed, decision, or state of affairs based on abuse, despotism, and the whim of an authority, lacking legal or logical foundation.
- Arbitrariness — Archaic form or transitional neologism (sporadically used in the 19th century under the direct influence of Romance languages) for the term 'arbitrarietate'; the manifestation or character of an action taken exclusively at the whim of an authority, without respecting written laws.