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The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
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disbarment — index disqualification (rejection), exclusion, expulsion, ostracism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disbarment — UK US /dɪsˈbɑːmənt/ noun [U] LAW ► the act of taking away someone s right to work as a lawyer, especially because they have done something wrong or illegal, or the situation of having this right taken away from you: »Following disbarment in New… … Financial and business terms
Disbarment — Dis*bar ment, n. Act of disbarring. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disbarment — Professional responsibility … Wikipedia
disbarment — See disbar. * * * ▪ law the process whereby an attorney is deprived of his license or privileges for failure to carry out his practice in accordance with established standards. Temporary suspension may be employed if some lesser punishment… … Universalium
disbarment — Act of court in suspending attorney s license to practice law. A disbarment proceeding is neither civil nor criminal action; it is special proceeding peculiar to itself, disciplinary in nature, and of summary character resulting from inherent… … Black's law dictionary
disbarment — Act of court in suspending attorney s license to practice law. A disbarment proceeding is neither civil nor criminal action; it is special proceeding peculiar to itself, disciplinary in nature, and of summary character resulting from inherent… … Black's law dictionary
disbarment — The revocation by judgment or order of court of the right of an attorney at law to practice. 7 Am J2d Attys § 12. See grounds for disbarment … Ballentine's law dictionary
disbarment — disbar ► VERB (disbarred, disbarring) 1) expel (a barrister) from the Bar. 2) exclude. DERIVATIVES disbarment noun … English terms dictionary
disbarment proceeding — A proceeding instituted by an aggrieved client, the state s attorney, a bar association, a committee of a bar association, an individual attorney at law, or a group of attorneys at law not constituting a committee of a bar association, or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
disbarment — noun see disbar … New Collegiate Dictionary
