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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

To deprive an individual of a public employment or office against his will.

Wolffius, Inst. § 1063.

The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.