About The Word Impeachment
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Impeachment
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What's The Definition Of Impeachment?
[n] a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
Synonyms | Synonyms for Impeachment: Related Terms | Find terms related to Impeachment: See Also | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | official document Impeachment In Webster's Dictionary \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.]
The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:
(a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment.
--Shak.
(b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a
public officer for maladministration.
The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like
to have been fatal to their state. --Swift.
(c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude
of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as,
an impeachment of motives. --Shak.
Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House
of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of
Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United
States, it is the right of the House of Representatives
to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine
impeachments.
{Articles of impeachment}. See under {Article}.
{Impeachment of waste} (Law), restraint from, or
accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for
injury. --Abbott.
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