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usurpation
(encz) | usurpation,uchvácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Usurpation
(gcide) | Usurpation \U`sur*pa"tion\, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
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1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
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He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation
of the regal dignity upon him. --Sir T. More.
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A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the
general government. --O.
Ellsworth.
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Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States.
--D. Webster.
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Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the
absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a
church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant
benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
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2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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usurpation
(wn) | usurpation
n 1: entry to another's property without right or permission
[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion,
usurpation]
2: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force
(especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a
succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" |
USURPATION
(bouvier) | USURPATION, torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which
belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and
possession. Toml. Law Dict. h.t.
2. According to Lord Coke, there are two kinds of usurpation. 1. When a
stranger, without right, presents to a church, and his clerk is admitted;
and, 2. When a subject uses a franchise of the king without lawful
authority. Co. Litt. 277 b.
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USURPATION
(bouvier) | USURPATION, government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force
contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country.
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usurpation
(encz) | usurpation,uchvácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Usurpation
(gcide) | Usurpation \U`sur*pa"tion\, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
[1913 Webster]
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He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation
of the regal dignity upon him. --Sir T. More.
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A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the
general government. --O.
Ellsworth.
[1913 Webster]
Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States.
--D. Webster.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the
absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a
church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant
benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
[1913 Webster]
2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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usurpation
(wn) | usurpation
n 1: entry to another's property without right or permission
[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion,
usurpation]
2: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force
(especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a
succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" |
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