unlawful takeover of control or of government
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Usurpation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Use; usage; custom.
Use; usage; custom.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe 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.
usurpation
\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. t. more. a law [of a state] which is a usurpation upon the general government. ellsworth. manifest usurpation on the rights of other states. 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.] pearson.
usurpation
n : seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force
Camfeddiant = n. usurpation
Trawsfeddiant = n. usurpation
Noun
1. entry to another's property without right or permission
(synonym) trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion
(hypernym) wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
(hyponym) inroad
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"
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
(derivation) assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
Usurpation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Usurper (lat. usurpare = to seize for use, to use) is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or controversial claimant to the power; often, but not always in a monarchy, or a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without inheriting the throne, or any other person exercising authority unconstitutionally. It may also be applied to an official acting ultra vires, outside his authority or jurisdiction.
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Usurpation Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
USURPATION - The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession.
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.
government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.
USURPER - One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.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.
government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.
USURPER - One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
