† usurpmentn.
Obsolete. rare.
Usurpation. Also attributive.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
usurpa1647
self-assumptiona1658
accroaching1659
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right
presumptiona1387
usurpationc1420
presumptuositya1450
usurpmenta1470
usurping1521
usurpa1647
usurpature1845
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal assumption of authority
presumptuositya1450
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
presumption1565
usurpa1647
rebuttable presumption1837
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccx. (heading) The kynge sayde at hys deathe..nought of repentaunce of [his] vsurpement of the realme.
1661 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1911) 2nd Ser. 123 Ashfeild..took no oath or covenant under the late usurpment powers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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