usurper

Elle a estimé qu'en prétendant être habilitée à annuler la proclamation, elle usurperait les attributions du pouvoir législatif dans un domaine où les tribunaux n'avaient pas à intervenir.
The High Court considered that for it to presume to quash the proclamation would be to usurp the legislative role in an area in which the courts had no role.
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