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Webster 1913 Edition
Usurpation
Uˊsur-pa′tion
,Noun.
[L.
usurpatio [GREEK]
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 powerHe 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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Usurpation
USURPA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
usurpation
usurpation
English
Noun
usurpation (countable and uncountable, plural usurpations)
- The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- Trespass onto another's property without permission.
- A taking or use without right.
Translations
wrongful seizure
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