USURP’, v. t. s. as z. [Fr. usurper ; L.
usurpo.]
To seize and hold in possession by force or without
right; as usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogative of the
crown; to usurp power. To usurp the right of a patron, is
to oust or dispossess him.
Vice sometimes usurps the place of virtue. Denham.
American Dictionary of the
English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. II, page
105.
USURPA’TION, n. [supra.]
The act of seizing or occupying and enjoying the
property of another, without right; as the usurpation of a throne;
the usurpation of supreme power. Usurpation, in a peculiar sense,
denotes the absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a church,
by presenting a clerk to a vacant benefice, who is thereupon admitted and
instituted. Cyc.
American Dictionary of the
English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. II, page
105.
USURP’ER, n.
One who seizes or occupies the property of another,
without right; as the usurper of a throne; of power; or of rights
of a patron. Shak. Dryden. Cyc.
American Dictionary of the
English Language, Noah Webster 1828, Vol. II, page
105.
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. Tomi.
There are two kinds of usurpation: first,
when a stranger, without right, presents to a church and his clerk is admitted;
and, second, when a subject uses a franchise of the king without
lawful authority. Co. Litt. 277 b.
In Governmental Law. The tyrannical assumption
of the government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution
of the country.
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary,
Third Revision (8th Edition)(1914), Volume 3, page 3380.
USURPER. One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary
to and in violation of the constitution of the country. Toul. Droit.
Civ, n. 32.
One who intrudes himself into an office which is
vacant, and ousts the incumbent without any color of title whatever; his
acts are void in every respect; McCraw v. Williams, 33 Gratt. (Va.) 513;
Hooper v. Goodwin, 48 Me. 80.
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Third Revision (8th
Edition)(1914), Volume 3, page 3380.
usurpation (ü-zêr-pä’shon).
The absolute ouster or dispossession of a patron by a stranger who has
no right to do so presented a clerk to a benefice who was thereupon admitted
to the living and instituted therein. See. 3 Bl. Comm. 242.
Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine, Second Edition, 1948, page
1324.
usurper (ü-zêr-pêr).
A person who assumes possession of an office, who performs the duties,
and who neither lawful title nor color of right. See Hamlin v. Kassafer,
15 Ore. 456, 3 Am. St. Rep. 176, 179, 15 Pac. Rep. 778.
Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine, Second Edition, 1948, page
1324.
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. Tomlins.
The unlawful seizure or assumption of sovereign
power; the assumption of the government or supreme power by force or illegally,
in derogation of the constitution and of the rights of the lawful ruler.
“Usurpation” for which writ of prohibition
may be granted involves attempted exercise of power not possessed by inferior
office. Ex parte Wilkinson, 220 Ala. 529, 126 So. 102, 104.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4th Edition (1951)
page 1713.
USURPER. One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary
to and in violation of the constitution of the country. Toul. Droit.
Civ, n. 32.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4th Edition (1951)
page 1713.
u|surp (yöö zurp’, -surp’)
vt. [[ME usurpen < MFr usurper < L usurpare
< usus, a use + rapere, to seize: see rape]] to take or
assume (power, a position, property, rights, etc.) and hold in possession
by force or without right – vi. to practice or commit usurpation
(on or upon) – usurp’er n. – usurp’ing|ly adv.
Webster’s New World Dictionary, 3rd College Ed. (1988)
page 1470.
u|surpation (yöö zer pä’shen,
-ser-) n. [[ME usurpacion < L usuparetio]]
the act of usurping; esp., the unlawful or violent seizure of a throne,
power, etc.
Webster’s New World Dictionary, 3rd College Ed. (1988)
page 1470.
