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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French usorper, from [[Latin]] usurpare to take [[possession]] of without [[legal]] claim, from usu (abl. of usus use) + rapere to seize | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French usorper, from [[Latin]] usurpare to take [[possession]] of without [[legal]] claim, from usu (abl. of usus use) + rapere to seize |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or [[powers]]) in [[possession]] by [[force]] or without [[right]] <usurp a [[throne]]> | | *1a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or [[powers]]) in [[possession]] by [[force]] or without [[right]] <usurp a [[throne]]> |
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| *2: to take the place of by or as if by [[force]] : supplant <must not let stock [[responses]] based on inherited [[prejudice]] usurp careful [[judgment]]> | | *2: to take the place of by or as if by [[force]] : supplant <must not let stock [[responses]] based on inherited [[prejudice]] usurp careful [[judgment]]> |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | '''Usurper''' (lat. usurpare = to seize for use, to use) is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or [[controversial]] claimant to the [[power]]; often, but not always in a [[King|monarchy]], or a [[person]] who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without inheriting the [[throne]], or any other person exercising [[authority]] unconstitutionally. It may also be applied to an official acting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_vires ultra vires], outside his [[authority]] or [[jurisdiction]]. | + | '''Usurper''' (lat. usurpare = to seize for use, to use) is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or [[controversial]] claimant to the [[power]]; often, but not always in a [[King|monarchy]], or a [[person]] who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without inheriting the [[throne]], or any other person exercising [[authority]] unconstitutionally. It may also be applied to an official acting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_vires ultra vires], outside his [[authority]] or [[jurisdiction]]. |
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| [[Category: Law]] | | [[Category: Law]] |
| [[Category: Political Science]] | | [[Category: Political Science]] |