Definition of Amotion

1. n. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.

Definition of Amotion

1. Noun. removal; ousting, especially, of a corporate officer from office ¹

2. Noun. deprivation of possession ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amotion

1. the removal of a corporate officer from his office [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amotion

amortising
amortisseur winding
amortizable
amortization
amortizations
amortize
amortized
amortizement
amortizes
amortizing
amorwe
amoscanate
amosite
amosites
amotio placentae
amotion (current term)
amotions
amotus
amoung
amoungest
amoungst
amount
amount of money
amounted
amounting
amounts
amour
amour-propre
amour propre
amourist

Literary usage of Amotion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"CHAPTER XII amotion OR REMOVAL OF OFFICERS Section amotion and ... 461 amotion; Rex v. Richardson . . 462 Where Power of amotion resided in Old English ..."

2. Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate by Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames (1852)
"The term applies to members, but the term " amotion" only to such members as are ... Misconduct in a corporate office, warrants only an amotion from that ..."

3. Essentials of the Law by Marshall Davis Ewell (1915)
"The term applies to members, but the term " amotion " applies only to such members ... Misconduct in a corporate office warrants only an amotion from that ..."

4. The Law of Municipal Corporations: Together with a Brief Sketch of Their by John William Willcock (1827)
"FORMAL amotion. amotion applies only to officers ; for the removal of a corporator frpm the freedom is a disfranchisement, which a simple amotion does not ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales by Thomas James Arnold, Samuel George Johnson (1883)
"Of amotion from a Corporate Office. It will now be considered in what cases a corporate amotion ... The amotion under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, ..."

6. A Treatise on the Incorporation and Organization of Corporations Created by Thomas Gold Frost (1908)
"Power of amotion. — The power of amotion has reference to the removal of officers and directors. ..."

7. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton (1883)
"A wrong or injury that may be sustained in respect of hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, carrying with it the amotion of possession ; for thereby the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Amotion on Dictionary.com!Search for Amotion on Thesaurus.com!Search for Amotion on Google!Search for Amotion on Wikipedia!

Search