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
Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg wrote the dissenting opinion, saying changing the civil death law should be up to the state legislature, not the 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
This law, by the arbitrary order of a committee of three members, was to pronounce a sentence of civil death on the fugitive, and the confiscation of his property.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
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