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Disfranchisement

Disfranchisement Meaning & Definition
Disfranchisement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disfranchisement?

[n] the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote

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See Also | discontinuance | discontinuation

Disfranchisement In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*fran"chise*ment\, n. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. --Palfrey.

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