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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
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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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
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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Thesaurus Results for usurpation:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
accession, adoption, anointing, anointment, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, colonization, conquest, consecration, coronation, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment, encroachment, enslavement, incursion, indent, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, legitimate succession, occupation, overstepping, playing God, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, requisition, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, taking over, transgression, trespass, trespassing |
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