disbar
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
Origin of disbar
1Other words for disbar
Other words from disbar
- dis·bar·ment, noun
- un·dis·barred, adjective
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How to use disbar in a sentence
Commission lawyers made up about 15% of the practicing attorneys in Maine, but they were 26% of the lawyers disbarred, suspended or reprimanded in the past decade, according to an analysis of data by ProPublica and The Maine Monitor.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip | October 6, 2020 | ProPublicaIn the end, Mangum was discredited, Nifong was disbarred, and the state's attorney general proclaimed the boys' innocence.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From a New Book on the Duke Lacrosse Scandal | William O’Connor | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1980 she was charged with professional incompetence and practising without chambers; she was disbarred three years later.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe withheld the salaries of parliamentarians who refused to rubberstamp his laws, and lawyers who challenged him were disbarred.
Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko. | Kapil Komireddi | January 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Chen Guangcheng was tried in court in 2006, his lawyers were beaten, detained, and disbarred.
Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew Faces Assault Charges | Paul Mooney | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Within six months he was flat broke and on the verge of being disbarred.
Ted Williams: My Time With the Homeless Man With the Golden Voice | Mansfield Frazier | January 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOlavide was summoned thither, disbarred, condemned to pay various sums and imprisoned.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 | Henry Charles LeaUpon inquiry I found the lawyer was but just disbarred for some malpractice, and the discovery added excessively to my disquiet.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson“I am disbarred, I have no trade, I cannot dig, to beg——” he paused in the citation.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonHe was disbarred from the Middle Temple for breaking a club over the head of another law student in the very dining-hall.
Books Condemned to be Burnt | James Anson FarrerBy a clause in a statute, a layman or a disbarred lawyer might conduct a case for himself or for one of “his own family.”
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for disbar
/ (dɪsˈbɑː) /
to deprive of the status of barrister; expel from the Bar
usage For disbar
Derived forms of disbar
- disbarment, noun
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