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.