The GENERAL CONTEXT of such use is:
legitimate physical violence: that violence which has been authorized by the legitimate societal authorities, i.e., such as police, military, special societal forces of law and order.
See also:
a proposition/axiom
cultural arbitrary
educational system legitimacy
'laissez-faire' habitus in society
language of aithority
legitimating class relations
legitimacy
legitimate violence
legitimate symbolic violence
legitimate use of physical violence
méconnaissance
medical 'selection' (an example)
misrecognition versus legitimacy
negative societal parameters
pedagogic justification
politics
power legitimacy
power symbolism
privilege
reality and the misconceptions of sociologists
ruling class
social inquiry into 'the hidden functions' (of education and the social order)
symbolic violence
the homology of violence
the negative dimension of society
the relative autonomy of the educational system
the ruling ideas
title
violence
ultimate truth