Look up: impeachment

1. impeachment
   [n] - a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
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2. impeachment
   Judicial procedure by which government officials are accused of wrongdoing and brought to trial before a legislative body. In the USA the House of Representatives may impeach offenders to be tried...
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3. impeachment
   ..a formal accusation...that commits the accused civil official for trial in the upper house. Category: Politics
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4. Impeachment
   Im·peach'ment noun [ Confer French empêchement .] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached ; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [ Obsolete] « Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment .»...
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5. impeachment
   noun a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
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6. Impeachment
   • (n.) The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached • (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. • (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. • (n.) A calling to account...
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7. impeachment
   in common law, a criminal proceeding instituted against a public official by a legislative body. In Great Britain the House of Commons serves as ... [13 related articles]
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8. Impeachment
   Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as other punishment. ==History== The word "impeachment" derives from Latin roots expressing the idea of ...
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9. impeachment
   impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. Impeachment developed in England, beginning in the 14th cent., as a m...
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10. Impeachment
    (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
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11. Impeachment
    It is the act of sueing, accusing or disputing. Normally the act of claiming that the witness is lying or that the statement is contradicting. It also refers to the act of charging the government official and removing him/her from duty for their public offence.
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12. impeachment
    Judicial procedure by which government officials are accused of wrongdoing and brought to trial before a legislative body. In the USA the House of Representatives may impeach offenders to be tried before the Senate, as in the case of President Andrew Johnson in 1868. Richard Nixon resigned the US pr...
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13. impeachment
    a formal accusation in Congress or state legislature against a public official and the resulting trial.
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14. Impeachment
    [Norway] In Norway, impeachment, also known as the Constitutional Court of the Realm (Riksrett), is a judicial process with the power to convict Members of Parliament, Members of the Council of State and Supreme Court Justices for criminal acts performed in line of duty. Impeachment is based...
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