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  1. Doctrine that no individual, however
  2. powerful, is above the law. The principle had
  3. a significant influence on attempts to
  4. restrain the arbitrary use of power by rulers
  5. and on the growth of legally enforceable
  6. human rights in many Western countries. It is
  7. often used as a justification for separating
  8. legislative from judicial power.
  9.