Amotion

(Lat. amovere, to remove; to take away). An unlawful taking of personal chattels out of the possession of the owner, or of one who has a special authority in them. A turning out the proprietor of an estate in realty before the termination of his estate. 3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199. —

A putting or turning out; dispossession of lands. Ouster Is an amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Cofnm. 199, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels. Archb. Civil PI. Introd. c. 2, § 3.

In corporation law. The act of removing an officer, or official representative, of a corporation from his office or official station, before the end of the term for which he was elected or appointed, but without depriving him of membership in the body corporate. In this last respect the term differs from "disfranchlsement," (or expulsion,) which imports the removal of the party from the corporation Itself, and his deprivation of all rights of membership. White v. Brownell, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 356; Richards v. Clarksburg, 30 W. Va. 491, 4 S. E. 774.

A moving or carrying away; chattels; a putting or turning out moval of an oi Hoer of a improperly, to the removal of a ment

A putting or turning out}. dispossession of lands. Ouster isan amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Comm, 199, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels. Archb. Civil Pl. Introd. ¢. 2, § 3.

In corporation law. The act of removing an officer, or official representative, of a. corporation from his ofice or official station, before the end of the term for which he was elected or appointed, but without depriving him of membership in the body corporate. In this last respect the term differs from “disfranchisoment,” (or expulsion,). which imports the removal of the party from the corporation itself, and his deprivation of all rights of membership.

^ Turning out; removal. 1. Turning out the legal proprietor of an estate in realty before the termination of the estate; 8 an eviction. See Eviction; Duster. 3. Removal of a corporate officer from office, as distinguished from depriving a member of his privilege of membership 9 — expulsion, disfranchisement. This right, for just cause, is a common-law incident to all corporations. Where the appointment is during good behavior, or the removal is for a specified cause, an opportunity to be heard should be afforded.' Among the various causes are — firsts such as have no immediate relation to the office yet are in them- >Taft V. Northern Transp. Co., 66 N. H. 416 (1876), Gushing, C. J. See also 11 Pitts. Leg. J. 321-28 (1864); 109 U. S. 68; 2 Mass. 215; 11 Tex. 608; 11 Gratt. 666. 2 Knote V. United States, 10 Ct. CI. 407 (1874). 'Exp. Law, 35 Ga. 896 (1865): Pardoning Power, 11 Op. Att.-Gen, 228 (1865). * 17 St. L. 142. See, as to President granting a gen eral amnesty, 8 Am. Law Reg. 513-32, 577-89 (1869), 'Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 194, 196, 227 (1821), Marshall, C. J.; 14 How. 573; 8 Wall. 783; 9 id. 43. •4 Kent, 343: ' L. a-movere, to move from, remove. selves of so infamous a nature as to render the offender unfit to execute any public franchise — but indictment and conviction must then precede; second, such as are only against his oath and the duty of his oi Hce as a corporator and amount to a breach of the tacit condition annexed to his office; third, such as are offenses not only against the duty of his ofiflce, but are indictable at common law, ^ See T^enijre, Of office. AMOtrifT. See Description, 1, 4; Dispute; Exceeding; More or Less; Sum.

Turning out; dispossession Amour,^. Grace; favor.

[Lat. amotio, from amovere, to amove, move from, remove or displace.] A putting or turning out; dispossession of lands. Ouster is an amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Com. 199, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels. Archb. Civ. Pl. Introd. ch. 2, sect. 3. The removal of an officer or member of a corporation. 2 Salk. 436. 1 Stra. 640. 2 Burr. 723, 732. 2 Kent's Com. 297, 298. Properly, the removal of an officer, disfranchisement being the term applied to members. Angell & Ames on Corp. 404, ch. 12. Willcock on Mun. Corp. 270. See Amovere.

tort. An amotion of possession from an estate is an ouster which happens by a species of disseisin or turning out of the legal proprietor before his estate is determined. 3 Bl. Com. 198, 199. Amotion is also applied to personal chattels where they are taken unlawfully out of the possession of the owner, or of one who has a special property in them.