usurpation
31usurpation of franchise or office — /yuwsarpeyshan av fraenchayz ar ofas/ The unjustly intruding upon or exercising any office, franchise, or liberty belonging to another. Usurpation of public office authorizing quo warranto action under statute may be with or without forcible… …
32usurpation — noun see usurp …
33usurpation — noun a) the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority b) trespass onto anothers property without permission …
34usurpation — Assumption of pacemaker function of the heart by a subsidiary focus as a result of its own increased automaticity; e.g., accelerated junctional pacemaker takes command when it exceeds the sinus rate. [L. usurpo, pp. atus, to seize] …
35usurpation — Synonyms and related words: accession, adoption, anointing, anointment, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, colonization, conquest, consecration, coronation, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment …
36Usurpation — 1. Voldelig tilegnelse. 2. Tronran …
37usurpation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seizure, encroachment, deposal; see capture . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation, arrogation, assumption, preemption, seizure. See GIVE …
38Usurpation — U|sur|pa|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 widerrechtl. Aneignung (bes. des Thrones), widerrechtl. Macht , Besitzergreifung [Etym.: <lat. usurpatio »Gebrauch«] …
39Usurpation — Usur|pa|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. (spät)lat. usurpatio, eigtl. »Gebrauch, das Sichaneignen«, zu usurpare, vgl. ↑usurpieren> widerrechtliche Inbesitznahme, Anmaßung der öffentlichen Gewalt, gesetzwidrige Machtergreifung …
40usurpation — u·sur·pa·tion || ‚juËzÉœr peɪʃn / zÉœË p n. unlawful takeover of control or of government …
