Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Consuetudo contra rationem introducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet.
A custom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a usurpation than a custom.
Usurpatio
[Latin] Roman law. The interruption of usucaption by loss of possession or a lawsuit by the real owner.
Usurpation
n. The unlawful seizure and assumption of another's position, office, or authority. -usurp (yoo.sarp or yoo-zarp), vb.
usurpation of advowson
Hist. An injury consisting in the absolute ouster or dispossession of the patron from the advowson. a This happens when a stranger, without the right to do so, presents a clerk who is installed in office. See ADVOwsON.