arrogation

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Noun

arrogation

1. (legal) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.

   The President's arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer.

Antonyms

• abandonment

Related terms

• arrogate
• arrogant

Translations

• German: Anmaßung
• Portuguese: arrogação

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