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Disfranchisement

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion.

1 Bouv. Inst, note 192.

It differs from amotion (g. v.), which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member.

Willcock, Corp. note 708; Angell & A. Corp. 237.

And see "Expulsion." Also to deprive of the power of exercising the rights of citizenship, such as voting or holding office.