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Webster 1913 Edition
Disbar
Dis-bar′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disbarred
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disbarring
.] (Law)
To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such.
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Definition 2024
disbar
disbar
English
Verb
disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)
- (law, transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
- (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
- 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6
- The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe...
- 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6
Derived terms
Translations
to expel from the bar, or the legal profession
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