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unlawful seizure; appropriation by force of another’s rights. In politics, usurpation is the unlawful seizure of government power or the appropriation of the office and functions of a head of state by means of a coup d’etat with the intention of establishing a personal dictatorship. An example is Napoleon Bonaparte’s seizure of power through a coup in 1799.

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No references found	William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context An experiment of this nature would always be hazardous in the face of a constitution in any degree competent to its own defense, and of a people enlightened enough to distinguish between a legal exercise and an illegal usurpation of authority. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context Though the company, by treaty, have a right to a participation only, in the trade of these regions, and are, in fact, but tenants on sufferance; yet have they quietly availed themselves of the original oversight, and subsequent supineness of the American government, to establish a monopoly of the trade of the river and its dependencies; and are adroitly proceeding to fortify themselves in their usurpation, by securing all the strong points of the country. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context	Ustinovka Ustiug Chronicle Codex Ustiugov, Nikolai Ustiugov, Nikolai Vladimirovich Ustiurt Ustiuzhna Ustoll Ustox Ustrialov, Nikolai Ustrialov, Nikolai Gerasimovich Ustrialov, Nikolai Vasilevich Ustrushana Ustult Ustyurt Usu Usubaliev, Turdakun Usufruct Usul Usulután Usumacinta Usumacinta River Usuman dan Fodio Usumbura Usun Usurer's Capital Usurpation Usury Usva UT 0 UT 1 UT 2 Utagawa Toyokuni Utah Utah Arts Festival Utah County Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Utah Lake Utah Lake State Park Utah State Parks Utah State University Utah War Utah, University of utahite Utakai Hajime Utamaro Utamaro Kitagawa UTC Utchenko, Sergei Utchenko, Sergei Lvovich Ute Ute Bear Dance	usurer usurer usurer Usurer's Capital usurers USURF USURG usuries usuries usuries usuries usurious usurious usurious usurious usuriously usuriously usuriousness usuriousness usurp usurp usurp usurp usurp for public use usurp on usurp on usurp upon usurp upon Usurpant Usurpant Usurpation usurpations usurpations usurpations Usurpatory Usurpatory Usurpature usurped usurped usurped on usurped on Usurped power usurped upon usurped upon usurper usurper usurper usurpers usurpers usurping usurping Usurping arms Usurping arms Usurping arms usurping on usurping on usurping upon usurping upon usurpingly usurpingly usurps

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William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest.

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context

An experiment of this nature would always be hazardous in the face of a constitution in any degree competent to its own defense, and of a people enlightened enough to distinguish between a legal exercise and an illegal usurpation of authority.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

Though the company, by treaty, have a right to a participation only, in the trade of these regions, and are, in fact, but tenants on sufferance; yet have they quietly availed themselves of the original oversight, and subsequent supineness of the American government, to establish a monopoly of the trade of the river and its dependencies; and are adroitly proceeding to fortify themselves in their usurpation, by securing all the strong points of the country.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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