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Claiming or seizing something without justification; claiming something on behalf of another. In Civil Law, the Adoption of an adult who was legally capable of acting for himself or herself. arrogation noun accession, adoption, application, appropriation, ascription, assignation, assignment, attachment, attribution, impropriation, placement, requisition, seizure, taking, usurpation See also: assignation, assumption, condemnation, disseisin, distress, infringement, misappropriation ARROGATION, civil law. Signifies nearly the same as adoption; the only difference between them is this, that adoption was of a person under full age but as arrogation required the person arrogated, sui juris, no one could be arrogated till he was of full age. Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. 1, 11, 3 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 119. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Within Europe itself there is wide concern about a general EU arrogation of powers, reflected in part by the French "non" and the Dutch "nee" to the constitution. It is Martin's contention that the Supreme Court of Canada, by its overweening arrogation of authority in matters beyond its proper business, has destroyed the possibility of constitutional democracy. Bush's arrogation of ``wartime'' power to secretly eavesdrop on telephonic and electronic communications with no check by judicial authority. |
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