Meaning of ARROGATION
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| | Definition: | | [n] seizure by the government |
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| | Synonyms: | | confiscation |
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| | See Also: | | expropriation, seizure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
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| | Related Terms: | | accession, accounting for, adoption, anointing, anointment, answerability, application, appointment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, assignment, assumption, attachment, attribution, authorization, blame, charge, colonization, connection with, conquest, consecration, coronation, credit, delegation, deputation, derivation from, election, empowerment, encroachment, enslavement, etiology, honor, imputation, indent, infringement, invasion, legitimate succession, occupation, palaetiology, placement, playing God, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, reference to, requisition, responsibility, saddling, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, taking over, trespass, trespassing, usurpation |
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