DISFRANCHISEMEN

1 definition found

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DISFRANCHISEMENT. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his 
  right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 192. 
       2. It differs from amotion, (q.v.) which is applicable to the removal 
  of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Willc. on 
  Corp. n. 708; Ang. & Ames on Corp. 237; and see Expulsion.