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USURP

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To seize the control of something from another. Mutiny. To overthrow. To overcome the authority or impact of another. … [Read more...]

USURPATIO

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Latin: In the civil law; The interruption of a usucaption, by some act on the part of the real owner. Calvin. … [Read more...]

USURPATION

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(A) 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. 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. (B) … [Read more...]

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