See Also: usurpation(medicine)
usurpation(dictionary)
USURPATION, government(law)
USURPATION, torts(law)

usurpation (iou)



usurpation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin usurpatio(n-), from usurpat- pa. ppl stem of usurpare: see USURP, -ATION.]
The action or an act of usurping a person or thing; an instance of this; esp. (a) wrongful seizure of another's position or authority. LME.
b. Usurpatory rule or power. Freq. in the usurpation (arch. & derog.), the rule of the Commonwealth in England between 1649 and 1660. Now rare. M17.
Ecclesiastical Law. The action on the part of a stranger of dispossessing a lawful patron of the right of presenting a cleric to a benefice. E17.
u'surpative adjective of the nature of or characterized by usurpation, usurping L18.
u'surpatory adjective = usurpative M19.
usurpature noun (poet.) usurpation M19.