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Definition of Disbar

1. Verb. Remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action. "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"

Definition of Disbar

1. v. t. To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such.

Definition of Disbar

1. Verb. (legal) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or ''counselor'') of his or her status and privileges as such. ¹

2. Verb. To exclude someone from something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disbar

1. to expel from the legal profession [v -BARRED, -BARRING, -BARS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbar

Literary usage of Disbar

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

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"While it has been held in some jurisdictions that an enumeration of the grounds of disbarment by statute, deprives the court of the power to disbar for ..."

2. Due Process of Law and the Equal Protection of the Laws: A Treatise Based by Hannis Taylor (1917)
"Just as the power to punish for contempt is inherent in all courts, so the power to disbar attorneys is inherent in all courts. In Ex parte Burr, 9 Wheat. ..."

3. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1889)
"Power of court to disbar attorneys. § 130. Causes good grounds for disbarment. § 131. Causes not ground for disbarment. § 132. Suspension for a time. § 133. ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"... a proceeding upon charges preferred by a private prosecutor to disbar an attorney is a special proceeding. State v. Clarke, 46 Iowa, 155, 159. ..."

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