Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Arrogation

n. 1. The act of claiming or taking something without the right to do so <some commentators argue that limited military actions unilaterally ordered by the president are an arrogation of congress's power to declare war>. 2. Roman & civil law. The adoption of an adult; specif., the adoption of a person suijuris, as a result of which the adoptee loses independence and comes within the paternal power (patria potestas) of the adopting father. - arrogate, ub.