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criminal disenfranchisement

criminal disenfranchisement definition - legal

n

The loss of the right to vote by a person convicted of or sentenced to imprisonment for a felony. See also civil death.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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