Usurped power
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Insurance. An invasion from abroad, or an internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoidable. These words cannot mean the power of a common mob; 2 Marsh. Ins. 390. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance, it is provided that “no loss of damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy, or any military or usurped power whatsoever, will be made good by this company.” It is in use in the standard policy; Richards, Ins. 308. The clause was considered in /Etna Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 U. S. 117, 24 L. Ed. 395.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
in insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered: as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided that, ‘“ No loss or damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy, or any military or usurped power whatsoever, will be made good by this company.” Lord C. J. Wilmot, Justice Gould, determined that the true import of the words usurped power in the proviso, was an invasion from abroad, or an internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoidable; but that those words could not mean the wer of a common mob. 2 Marsh. ns. 790.