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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One who assumes, the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the cou Dtry. Toul. Droit. Civ, n.

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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; Mc Craw v. Williams, 33 Gratt. (Va.) 513; Hooper v. Goodwin, 48 Me. 80.