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Usurpation
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What's The Definition Of Usurpation?
[n] 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"
[n] entry to another's property without right or permission Synonyms | Synonyms for Usurpation: encroachment | intrusion | trespass | violation Related Terms | Find terms related to Usurpation: See Also | actus reus | capture | gaining control | inroad | misconduct | seizure | wrongdoing | wrongful conduct Usurpation In Webster's Dictionary \U`sur*pa"tion\, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
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.
He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the
regal dignity upon him. --Sir T. More.
A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general
government. --O.
Ellsworth.
Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States. --D.
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.
2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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