disfranchisement
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Disfranchisement — (also called disenfranchisement) is the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or rendering a person s vote less effective, or ineffective. Disfranchisement may occur explicitly through law, or… … Wikipedia
disfranchisement — index disqualification (rejection), infringement, subjection Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Disfranchisement — Dis*fran chise*ment, n. The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. [1913 Webster] Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era — The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1870 to protect the suffrage of freedmen after the American Civil War. It prevented any state from denying the right to vote to any male citizen on account of his race.… … Wikipedia
Disfranchisement after the American Civil War — The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1870 to protect the suffrage of freedmen after the American Civil War. It prevented any state from denying the right to vote to any citizen on account of his race. Because… … Wikipedia
disfranchisement — noun see disfranchise … New Collegiate Dictionary
disfranchisement — noun a) The act of disfranchising. b) The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship … Wiktionary
disfranchisement — dis fran·chise·ment || ‚dɪs fræntʃɪzmÉ™nt n. taking away of rights which belong to a citizen (i.e. right to vote) … English contemporary dictionary
disfranchisement — dis·fran·chise·ment … English syllables
disfranchisement — The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. It differs from amotion (q.v.) which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. In a… … Black's law dictionary
