Under the Aragonese, Malta, as regards local affairs, was administered bya Universitd or municipal commonwealth with wide and indefinite powers, including the election of its officers, Capitan di Verga, Jurats, &c. The minutes of the " Consiglio Popolare " of this period are preserved, showing it had no legislative power; this was vested in the king, and was exercised despotically in the interests of the Crown. [Please select]
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Thenceforward, Paul, had he so chosen, could have ruled despotically in Budge Street. [Please select]
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The emperors reigned despotically, but under the forms of legislation. [Please select]
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But he ruled despotically, and with good intentions, from 1726 to 1743. [Please select]
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, but governed them despotically through Spanish officials supported by Spanish garrisons. [Please select]
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But the voice continued to haunt him persistently, besiegingly, despotically. [Please select]
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After the execution of his minister, Tiberius ruled more despotically than ever before. [Please select]
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