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Disbar

To expel from the bar or the legal profession to deprive an attorney barrister or counselor of his status and privileges as such

Dischurch

To deprive of status as a church or of membership in a church

Electorship

The office or status of an elector

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humiliated

brought low in condition or status reduced in dignity humbled mortified

executing and enrolling a deed of relinquishment, to obtain freedom from their disabilities, and generally to assume the status of laymen. The (English) Church Discipline Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86), provides for the prosecution

Aborigines

the original or first inhabitants of any country. For observations in the Privy Council on the rights and status of aboriginal tribes, see. Southern Rhodesia (in re:), 1919 AC 211

Activity incident to service

of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor's status as a member of the military, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 34.

Adoption

acknowledge the fact. In regard to property, however, under any disposition or an intestacy the child retains his status as a child of his or her own parents and does not acquire any right or interest as

Alieni juris

Alieni juris, a form of status; under potestas or authority of another, opposed to sui juris; the term is not used in English law.

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