REBEL. A citizen or subject who unjustly and unlawfully takes up arms
against the constituted authorities of the nation, to deprive them of the
supreme power, either by resisting their lawful and constitutional orders,
in some particular matter, or to impose on them conditions. Vattel, Droit
des Gens, liv. 3, Sec. 328. In another sense it signifies a refusal to obey
a superior, or the commands of a court. Vide Commission of Rebellion.