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.
&fist; 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.
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.
&fist; 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.
