Disbar

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English Law. To expel a barrister from the bar. In the United States. To debar an attorney from the right to practice.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To revoke an attorney’s license to practice.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In England, to deprive a barrister permanently of the privileges of his position; it is analogous to striking an attorney off the rolls. In America, the word describes the act of a court in withdrawing from an attorney the right to practise at its ban.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In American law. To strike the name of an attorney from the rolls.

In English law. To expel a barrister from the bar.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In England, to deprive a barrister permanently of the privileges of his position; itis analogous to striking an attorney off the rolls, In Ameriea, the word deseribes the act of a court in withdrawing from an attorney the right to practise at its bar.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Bar, 1.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

To expel a barrister from the bar.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In English practice. To expel a barrister from the bar. A power vested in the benchers of the four Inns of court, subject to an appeal to the fifteen Wharton^ s Lex,