disentitle
verb (used with object)
to deprive of title or right.
disentitlement
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a word derived from
disentitle.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps more importantly, it would been wholly inappropriate for the department to have treated the possibility of fugitive disentitlement as a factor weighing in favor of indictment.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2019
Second, as in Assange’s case, we should be wary of fugitive disentitlement when the unchallengeable indictment itself offends the fundamental rights and liberties of third parties.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2019
Furthermore, there are at least two legal contexts in which fugitive disentitlement claims should be scrutinized closely.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2019
The new ruling echoes past court decisions in the case in which judges have invoked the fugitive disentitlement doctrine to bar Polanski from resolving the case from the safety of his home in Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2017
The judge added that Polanski "forfeited his right to avail himself of the authority of this court under the fugitive disentitlement doctrine" but could return to California to obtain an evidentiary hearing.
From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2014
