Definition of DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
The right of a king to rule as posited by the patriarchal theory of government, especially under the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. Webster, Dict. This theory "was in its origin directed, not against popular liberty, but against papal and ecclesiastical claims to supremacy in temporal as well as spiritual affairs." Figgis, "The Theory of the Divine Right of Kings."
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