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. According to Lord Coke, 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. 277b. In Governmental Law. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country,

The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. Toml. 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.

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. Tomlins.

In public law. The unlawful seizure or assumption of sovereign power; the assumption of government or supreme power by force or illegally, in derogation of the constitution and of the rights of the lawful ruler.

— Usurpation of advowson. An injury which consists in the absolute ouster or dispossession of the patron from the advowson or right of presentation, and which happens when a stranger who bas no right presents a clerk, and the latter is thereupon admitted and instituted. Brown.

— Usurpation of franchise or office. The unjustly intruding upon or exercising any office, franchise, or liberty belonging to another.

The exercise or use of an ofi Bce or franchise without authority.

In English ecclesiastical law. The absolute ouster of the patron of a benefice, by prosecution by a stranger without right of a clerk, who is admitted and instituted.

The wrongful using of the privilege or right of another. Usurpation of advowson. An injury ■which consists in the absolute ouster or dispossession of the patron from the right of presentation to a benefice; and which happens when a stranger who has no right presents a clerk, and the latter is thereupon admitted and instituted. ITsurpation of franchise, or of Bce. The unjustly intruding upon or exercising any office, franchise, or liberty belonging to another.

torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man inhis right and possession. Toml. Law Dict. h. t.