Disfranchisement
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is the act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. [t differs from amotion (q. v.) which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Ames on Corp. 237; and see Evxulsion.