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usurp

usurp [Latin usurpare to take possession of without a strict legal claim, from usus use + rapere to seize]

Usurpation

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Shogun

title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns known to foreigners as Tycoons became finally the virtual rulers of Japan The title

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Institutions

to the Civil Law, acquired either by particular or universal title. Title VII. treats of Usucaption or just Usurpation an the conditions which it requires, and Title VII. of Donations; Titles VIII. and IX. Of those who

Pr'munire

pr'munire (which are all still unrepealed, and are of the most confused character) were framed to encounter papal usurpation by presentation of aliens to English benefices. The first of them, called the Statutes of Provisors, was passed

Quo warranto

person, Re a Solicitor, (1903) 2 KB 205. If the defendant be adjudged guilty of an intrusion or usurpation, the Court may give judgment of ouster against him, fine him, and ordr him to pay costs to

encroach

encroach [Anglo-French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, from Old French, from a-, prefix stressing goal + croc hook] : to enter esp. gradually or stealthily

Admeasurement, writ of

Admeasurement, writ of. It lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases; admeasurement of dower, where the widow held from the

Adulterine guilds

traders acting as a corporation without a charter, and paying a fine annually for permission to exercise their usurped privileges, Smith's Wealth of Nations, bk. 1. C. 10.

Judge

case in matter of fact.' A Judge, de facto is one who is not a mere intruder or usurper but one who holds office, under colour of lawful authority, though his appointment is defective and may later

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