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Removal From Office

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A deprivation of office by the act of a competent officer or of the legislature. It may be express, that is, by a notification that the officer has been removed, or implied, by the appointment of another person to the same office; Bowerbank v. Morris, Wall. Sr. 118, Fed. Cas. No. 1,726. See In re Ilennen, 13 Pet. (U. S.) 230, 10 L. Ed. 130. See Officer.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of a person or body, having lawful authority thereto, in depriving one of an office to which he was appointed or elected.