At a time when most of the political power was in a king, when one man deposes (or murders) a king and takes his place (as when Henry Bolingbroke usurps the throne of Richard...
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Sure. If one man attempts a coup, as that one man is at the head of government, and while abusing the power of the office, fails to abide by the source of his authority, then to remove him by force is not a coup.
That force can be entirely legalized system, or one that isn't entirely legalized. The legalized system would be a constitutional convention. Another would be a forcible removal of the offender from office, such as impeachment. However, if another were to forcibly remove an offender when impeachment isn't feasible, isn't necessarily a coup, if the source of legitimacy is honored. That's true because the offender is not sovereign, the constitution is sovereign.
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