Disbarment Definition

noun
The act of revoking an attorney’s license to practice law, usually because he or she has committed a crime or violated a legal rule of ethics.
Webster's New World Law

(law) The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.

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Other Word Forms of Disbarment

Noun

Singular:
disbarment
Plural:
disbarments

Disbarment Sentence Examples

  • He'd be walking a thin line facing disbarment if he related any privileged information.

  • He is a convicted forger, who then resigned from the bar before disbarment proceedings ran their course.

  • In the season two premiere episode, Jane faces disbarment after quitting her job.

  • Jane/Deb must fight for her license to practice after making the right ethical choice at the end of the first season, despite the threat of disbarment.

  • The first season ended with Jane/Deb facing disbarment after revealing a fraudulent scheme on the part of a client.

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