Sentence examples for for usurpation from inspiring English sources

The public was warned against buying receivers, and the industry was publicly chastised for usurpation of a government function.

In 897, at the so-called Cadaver Synod, Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor, Formosus, exhumed and tried for usurpation.

This upbringing ensured that he would forever feel "sad and solitary" as well as prey to an "uncontrollable desire for usurpation".

This was an action in the nature of quo warranto brought, under the statutes of Kentucky, by J. C. W. Beckham against William S. Taylor and John Marshall, for usurpation of the offices of governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky, in the circuit court of Jefferson county, in that commonwealth.

In 1978 a St Albans linen merchant, Denis Pamphilon, was fined £100 daily for usurpation of the banner on decorative bedspreads until he desisted, and both Rangers F.C. and the Scottish National Party have been admonished by the Court of the Lord Lyon for their improper and non-authorised use of the banner.

Although the recognition of others' ownership of commodities frequently facilitated smooth team function, it also served as a provocation for usurpation and theft.

Stanton changed a few words of the Declaration of Independence to make it appropriate for a statement by women, replacing "The history of the present King of Great Britain" with "The history of mankind" as the basis for "usurpations on the part of man toward woman".

His sudden death opened the way for Spanish usurpation of the Neapolitan throne.

The question is whether Republicans will heed his warning against "a dangerous precedent for executive usurpation of Congress's historically and constitutionally based powers".

When Charles Martel's son and successor, Pippin, sought justification for his usurpation of the Frankish throne in 750, he appealed to Pope Zacharias, asking whether the person with the title or the power should be king.

The FAA's Office of Inspector General needs to investigate the agency's role in this episode, and police officials in St . Louis Countymust be held accountable for their usurpation of constitutional protections.