- arrogation
- Claiming or taking more than is lawfully due -, taking or asserting without right.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
arrogation
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arrogation — I noun accession, adoption, application, appropriation, ascription, assignation, assignment, assumption, attachment, attribution, impropriation, placement, requisition, seizure, taking, usurpation II index assignation, assumption (seizure),… … Law dictionary
Arrogation — Ar ro*ga tion, n. [L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. {Adrogation}.] 1. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Arrogation — Arrogation, (lat.), die Annahme einer selbständigen Person an Kindes Statt; s. Annahme an Kindes Statt … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Arrogation — Arrogation, s. Adoption … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
arrogation — (n.) 1580s, from L. arrogationem (nom. arrogatio), noun of action from pp. stem of arrogare to claim for oneself (see ARROGANCE (Cf. arrogance)) … Etymology dictionary
arrogation — noun The unjust assumption of rights or privilege. The Presidents arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer … Wiktionary
arrogation — arrogate ► VERB ▪ take or claim for oneself without justification. DERIVATIVES arrogation noun. ORIGIN Latin arrogare claim for oneself … English terms dictionary
arrogation — noun see arrogate … New Collegiate Dictionary
arrogation — See arrogate. * * * … Universalium
arrogation — Synonyms and related words: accession, accounting for, adoption, anointing, anointment, answerability, application, appointment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, assignment, assumption, attachment, attribution, authorization, blame, charge … Moby Thesaurus
arrogation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation, assumption, preemption, seizure, usurpation. See GIVE … English dictionary for students
