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impeach [Anglo-French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in- + pedica fetter, from ped- pes foot] 1 : to charge with a crime or misconduct ;specif : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal officers (as judges) may be impeached by the House of Representatives. (Members of Congress themselves are not removed by being impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual bases. The articles of impeachment, once approved by a simple majority of the House members, are then submitted to the Senate, thereby impeaching the officer. The Senate th...
Impeachment
Impeachment, a prosecution by the House of Commons before the House of Lords of any person, either peer or commoner, for treason, or other high crimes and misdemeanours, or of a peer for any crime; in modern times rarely been resorted to, though informer periods of our history of frequent occurrence. The last memorable cases are those of Warren Hastings, in 1788, and Lord Melville, in 1805.As to the procedure, see May's Parliamentary Practice.Means bringing a public official before a proper tribunal on a charge of wrong doing, Webster American Dictionary, p. 959.Is the prosecution of President by Parliament for violation of the Constitution. (Constitution of India, Art. 61)In U.K. by the Law of Parliament, all persons, whether peers or commoners can be impeached for any crimes; but it is generally resorted to in respect of extraordinary crimes and extraordinary offen-ces, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine, May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 63.Means the accusation of treason or other crimes is bro...
Impeachable
That may be impeached liable to impeachment chargeable with a crime...
Impeachment
The act of impeaching or the state of being impeached...
Person entitled to impeach alienation
Person entitled to impeach alienation, 'person entitled to impeach alienation' includes 'persons entitled to a share in property', Teg Singh v. Charan Singh, AIR 1977 SC 1699: (1977) 2 SCC 732: (1977) 3 SCR 365....
impeachment evidence
impeachment evidence see evidence ...
Impeacher
One who impeaches...
Impeachment of verdict
Impeachment of verdict, means a party's attack on a verdict, alleging impropriety by a member of the jury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 756....
Impeachment of waste
Impeachment of waste. SEE ABSQUE IMPETI-TIONE VASTI; WASTE and SETTLED LAND.Means an action for waste against the tenant of the harmed property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 756....
Without Impeachment of waste
Without Impeachment of waste. See ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI; WASTE....
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