Disfranchisement
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion.
1 Bouv. Inst no. 192. Richards v. Clarksburg, 30 W. Va. 491, 4 S. E. 774; White v. Brownell, 4 Abb. Prae. (N. S.) (N. Y.) 192.
It differs from amotion, (q. v.) which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Willcock, Mun. Corp. no.
708; Ang. & A. Corp. 237.
In a more popular sense, the taking away of the elective franchise (that is, the right of voting in public elections) from any citizen or class of citizens.