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Usurper Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
usurper
\u*surp"er\ (?), n. one who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron. a crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
usurper
n : one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another [syn: supplanter]
Noun
1. one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
(synonym) supplanter
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) claim jumper
(derivation) assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
Usurper Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream that you are a usurper, foretells you will have trouble in establishing a good title to property.
If others are trying to usurp your rights, there will be a struggle between you and your competitors, but you will eventually win.
For a young woman to have this dream, she will be a party to a spicy rivalry, in which she will win.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectIf others are trying to usurp your rights, there will be a struggle between you and your competitors, but you will eventually win.
For a young woman to have this dream, she will be a party to a spicy rivalry, in which she will win.
Usurper 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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Usurper 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.
