Usurpation, Usurper

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.

There are two kinds of usurpation. 1. When a stranger, without right, presents to a church, and his clerk is admitted; and, 2. When a subject uses a franchise of the king without lawful authority.

government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.

USURPER - One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the Constitution of the country.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.