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.