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usurpation

usurpation (yoo-s[schwa]r-pay-sh[schwa]n or yoo-z[schwa]r-pay-sh[schwa]n), n. The unlawful seizure and assumption of another’s position, office, or authority. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 86. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 114.] — usurp (yoo-s[schwa]rpor yoo-z[ schwa]rp), vb. usurpation of advowson (ad-vow-z[schwa]n). Hist. An injury consisting in the absolute ouster or dispossession of the patron from the advowson.

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usurpatio

usurpatio (yoo-s[schwa]r-pay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. The interruption of usucapio by loss of possession or a lawsuit by the real owner. Pl. usurpationes (yoo-s[schwa]r-pay-shee-oh-neez).

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franchise court

franchise court. Hist. A privately held court that (usu.) exists by virtue of a royal grant, with jurisdiction over a variety of matters, depending on the grant and whatever powers the court acquires over time. • In 1274, Edward I abolished many of these feudal courts by forcing the nobility to demonstrate by what authority

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advowson

advowson n. 〈英〉(教会法) 圣职推荐权 向教会或就圣职职位推荐圣职候选人的权力。推荐者称作圣职推荐权人〔patron; advocate; advowee〕,他一般是某一份教产的所有人。圣职推荐权在本质上兼具世俗财产和宗教责任的特征。作为世俗财产,它可以被继承、买卖、甚至出租或无偿让渡;作为一种责任,圣职推荐权人有义务保护特定圣职的特权。持续的圣职推荐权乃不动产,但一次性的单独圣职推荐〔single presentation〕乃动产。如果无圣职推荐权人,或圣职推荐权人在六个月内不行使推荐权,称作圣职推荐权中止〔lapse〕,该头衔移交教会常任法官〔ordinary〕;如果圣职推荐权被他人滥用,称作侵占圣职推荐权〔usurpation〕。圣职推荐权可分为一般圣职推荐权〔advowson presentative〕,属地圣职推荐权〔advowson appendant〕,属人圣职推荐权〔advowson in gross〕,直接圣职推荐权〔advowson collative〕,赠与圣职推荐权〔advowson donative〕,独立圣职推荐权〔advowson of the moiety〕,共有圣职推荐权〔advowson of a moiety〕,修道院圣职推荐权〔advowson of religious houses〕。

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prohibition

prohibition. 1. A law or order that forbids a certain action. 2. An extraordinary writ issued by an appellate court to prevent a lower court from exceeding its jurisdiction or to prevent a nonjudicial officer or entity from exercising a power. — Also termed (in sense 2) writ of prohibition; (in Scots law) inhibition. Cf.

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