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- noun Plural form of
disbarment .
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Examples
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Otherwise, I propose we use as many methods — prosecutions, disbarments, civil judgments, statutory revisions — as are necessary to effect safeguards strong enough to defuse any temptation to engage in misconduct such as torture, warrantless surveillance, kidnapping and thelike.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Torture Prosecutor After All? 2009
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Very few disbarments are permanent: most are either for a specified period or can be reversed on application.
Hillary Adviser Wolfson: Obama's Claim That Bill Is Fibbing Is A "Right Wing Talking Point" 2009
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I do not know whether the answer involves special prosecutors, statutes, court decisions, extradition, civil judgments, disbarments, courts martial, official expressions of opprobrium, other measures or a combination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Torture Prosecutor After All? 2009
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The question of consanguinity is important in determining civil rights, which are mainly under control of the State, though illegitimacy often produces ecclesiastical disbarments (see Birth).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The truth of the matter is, there has never been any country, at any time, whatever may have been their social limitations or political disbarments, that women have not ranked with the men in actual capacity and achievement; that is, men and women have risen and fallen together, whatever the apparent conditions.
The Business of Being a Woman Ida M. Tarbell 1900
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Of the 171 appeals to the disbarments ordered by the powerful Accountability and Justice Commission, 145 were upheld and only 26 were overturned by a panel of judges created to hear the appeals, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission said.
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Chalabi, a secular Shiite, doesn't downplay the significance of his estranged American allies 'failure to get the disbarments, mainly of Sunni Arab and secular candidates, overturned.
The Common Ills Common Ills 2010
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Mr. Talabani's office yesterday announced that a meeting would be held today between the presidency council, the prime minister, the speaker of parliament and the head of the Supreme Court to review the disbarments.
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Of the 171 appeals to the disbarments ordered by the powerful Accountability and Justice Commission, 145 were upheld and only 26 were overturned by a panel of judges created to hear the appeals, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission said.
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Of the 171 appeals to the disbarments ordered by the powerful Accountability and Justice Commission, 145 were upheld and only 26 were overturned by a panel of judges created to hear the appeals, Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission said.
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