Amotion

(Lat. amovere, to remove; to take away). An unlawful taking of personal chattels out of the possession of the owner, or of one who has a special authority in them. A turning out the proprietor of an estate in realty before the termination of his estate.

3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199. ——In Corporations.

A removal of an official agent of a corporation from the station assigned to him before the expiration of the term for which he was appointed.

6 Conn. 532.

The term is distinguished from disfranchisement, which deprives a member of all rights as a corporator. The term seems in strictness not to apply properly to cases where officers are appointed merely during the will of the corporation, and are superseded by the choice of a successor, but as commonly used includes such cases.

4 Abb. Pr. (N. S.; N. Y.) 192.