civil death
Britishnoun
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The dissolution of children’s legal relationship with their parents is known as the civil death penalty because it is the ultimate punishment family courts can impose.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2022
A Superior Court judge concluded that the civil death statute barred their claims, so they appealed to the high court.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Because once someone is determined to be under guardianship, it’s civil death.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2021
The principle of civil death was adopted into Anglo-Saxon law, and was then carried over to British colonies.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2020
Where is the unchangeable fate, the civil death, that awaited the inmate of the monastic house?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
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