Look up: usurpation


  1. usurpation
    [n] - wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=usurpation

  2. usurpation
    Assumption of pacemaker function of the heart by a subsidiary focus as a result of its own increased automaticity; e.g., accelerated junctional pacemaker takes command when it exceeds the sinus rate. ... Origin: L. Usurpo, pp. -atus, to seise ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?usurpation

  3. usurpation
    noun wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); `a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=usurpation

  4. Usurpation
    • (n.) Use; usage; custom. • (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/usurpation/

  5. usurpation
    usurpation 1. Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or some other supreme authority). 2. Entry to another person's property without a legal right or permission. 3. To seize or to exercise authority or possession of something wrongfully.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1830/3

  6. usurpation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′sŭr-pā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Assumption of pacemaker function of the heart by a subsidiary focus as a result of its own increased automaticity; accelerated junctional pacemaker takes command when it exceeds the sinus rate.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=96237

  7. usurpation
    1) Actus reus 2) Encroachment 3) Intrusion 4) Misconduct 5) Trespass 6) Violation 7) Wrongdoing 8) Wrongful conduct
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/usurpation/1

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