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Definition of Disfranchising
1. disfranchise [v] - See also: disfranchise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfranchising
Literary usage of Disfranchising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electoral Reform in England and Wales: The Development and Operation of the by Charles Seymour (1915)
"... arguments — The disfranchising clauses — Schedule A — Schedule B — Character
of the disfranchised boroughs — Difficulties in passing the disfranchising ..."
2. A History of Suffrage in the United States by Kirk Harold Porter (1918)
"CHAPTER VIII Disfranchising THE NEGRO The immediate results of negro suffrage
were somewhat startling. Representative assemblies are not likely to be on a ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"... of their reasons for si-ceding from Ihe Ministry—Inclination of Public Opinion
on the Ministerial Sill—The clause for disfranchising County Voters in. ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"He opposes the bill for disfranchising Crick- lade. He brings down a censure on
all law Lords. He opposes a ministerial address to the Crown. that the ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"7, which is said to be the first The dis- disfranchising act to be found on the
statute-books of Eng- land. This act, after complaining that the election of ..."
6. Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb: An Officer of the by Isaac Q. Leake (1850)
"The Bill for the Disfranchising of the Tories.—Appointed Collector of the Customs
of New York, and withdraws from the Legislature. ..."
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