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Amotion

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[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.

See Amovere.