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usurpatio

usurpatio · f

a taking into use

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Where it lives

Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
De Lege Agraria 1 · 0.73/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5 · 0.63/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 1 · 0.58/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ūsurpātĭo — Lewis & Short

ūsurpātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a taking into use, a making use, using, use of a thing (cf. usus).

I In gen.: usurpatio et renovatio doctrinae, Cic. Brut. 71, 250: civitatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 166: vocis, Liv. 27, 19, 5: superba nominis, Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31: vetustatis, Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31: itineris insoliti, the undertaking of a journey so uncommon, Liv. 41, 23, 14: bonae mentis, enjoyment, possession, Val. Max. 4, 4, 1.—

II In partic., in jurid. lang.,

A A seizing or using unlawfully, usurpation: qui sanctitatem baptismatis illicitā usurpatione geminaverit, Cod. Just. 1, 6, 1: per vim et usurpationem vindicare ac tenere aliquid, ib. 1, 4, 6.—

B A using by another party, whereby a prescription or usucaption is interrupted: usurpatio est usucapionis interruptio, Dig. 41, 3, 2.

In the wild

usurpatione Cicero, Brutus 250
usurpatione Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.3.1
usurpationem Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.17.13
usurpatione Tertullian, De Anima 58
usurpatio Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 4.4.pr
usurpationem Cicero, De Lege Agraria 2.31

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Where it came from

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