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Expulsion, is the turning out the legal proprietor of an estate in reality before the termination of the estate, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 57.

Is forcing out, Webster American Dictionary, p. 410.

In U.K., the House of Commons has the power to expel a member for (a) being in open rebellion, (b) being guilty of forgery, perjury, of frauds and breaches of trusts of misappropriation of public money, of conspiracy to defraud, of fraudulent conversion of property, of corruption in the administration of Justice or in public offices or in the execution of their duties as members of the House, of conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman etc., Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 141.

The House of Lords has the right, although absolute, to disqualify a peer from sitting in the House by its sentence when the offender has been tried and found guilty on impeachment. Such disqualifica-tion may be permanent or temporary and is removable only by pardon from the crown, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 263.

The purpose of expulsion is essentially remedial, it is done to rid the House of a person who is unfit for membership. It does not create any disability to serve again in Parliament, if re-elected, Parliamen-tary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 141.

The Houses of the Indian Parliament have the power to expel a member if his conduct is derogatory to the dignity of the House and inconsistent with the standard which Parliament is entitled to expect from its members, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 141.