Here's what OED says. (b) looks interesting, especially with the 1st amendment complications.
(Unless I'm missing something and arbitrarily is defined in US constitutional documents??)
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arbitrarily, adv. (ˈɑːbɪtrərɪlɪ)[f. arbitrary + -ly 2.]
arbitrarily, adv. In an arbitrary manner, at will;
arbitrarily, adv. a. merely at will, without sufficient reason, capriciously;
arbitrarily, adv. b. unconstitutionally, despotically.
a1626: Davies Quest. Impositions 131 “This power of laying on arbitrarily new impositions.”
1656: Hobbes Six Less. Wks. 1845 VII. 394 “The point F is not to be taken arbitrarily.”
1754: Edwards Freed. Will iv. 2 (ed. 4) 279 “The meaning that they arbitrarily affix to a word.”
1769: Junius Lett. xxxv, “Their rights have been arbitrarily invaded by the present House of Commons.”
1849: Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 126 “The Bishop of Dunkeld..was arbitrarily ejected from his see.”
1882: A. Macfarlane Consanguin. 1 “The arbitrarily chosen names of substances.”
Here's what OED says. (b) looks interesting, especially with the 1st amendment complications.
(Unless I'm missing something and arbitrarily is defined in US constitutional documents??)
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arbitrarily, adv. (ˈɑːbɪtrərɪlɪ)[f. arbitrary + -ly 2.]
arbitrarily, adv. In an arbitrary manner, at will;
arbitrarily, adv. a. merely at will, without sufficient reason, capriciously;
arbitrarily, adv. b. unconstitutionally, despotically.
a1626: Davies Quest. Impositions 131 “This power of laying on arbitrarily new impositions.”
1656: Hobbes Six Less. Wks. 1845 VII. 394 “The point F is not to be taken arbitrarily.”
1754: Edwards Freed. Will iv. 2 (ed. 4) 279 “The meaning that they arbitrarily affix to a word.”
1769: Junius Lett. xxxv, “Their rights have been arbitrarily invaded by the present House of Commons.”
1849: Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 126 “The Bishop of Dunkeld..was arbitrarily ejected from his see.”
1882: A. Macfarlane Consanguin. 1 “The arbitrarily chosen names of substances.”