removal

re·mov·al

a removing or being removed; esp.,
1. a taking away or being taken away
2. dismissal from an office or position
3. a change of place, residence, etc.
Law the transfer of a case from one court to another, esp. from a state court to a federal court

removal

noun

a. The act of removing.
b. The fact of being removed.
Relocation, as of a residence or business.
Dismissal, as from office.

removal

Noun

(plural removals)

The process of moving, or the fact of being removed
The relocation of a business etc
The dismissal of someone from office
(Ireland) a funeral ceremony involving prayers and meeting of the family, usually at the home of the deceased, and normally held on the evening prior to burial.

Origin

remove +"Ž -al

removal - Legal Definition

n

An altering or moving of a person or thing from one location to another.
The taking of an action from a state court and transferring it to a federal court.
A petition made by a defendant to have a case moved from one court to another, usually as in the second definition.

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Sentence Examples

And who wouldn't recommend Arnie's removal with his increasingly erratic behavior?
My removal from the army does not produce the slightest stir--a blind man has left it.
1 A remarkable series of 14th-century frescoes, in perfect condition, were disclosed in 1909 by the removal of the whitewash which had for centuries covered the interior of this fine church.
By the execution of the king and the removal of Marie Antoinette to the Conciergerie, Madame Elizabeth was deprived of her companions in the Temple prison, and on the 9th of May 1 794 she was herself transferred to the Conciergerie, and haled before the revolutionary tribunal.
He was there to represent spectatordom, and help make this seemingly insignificant event one with the removal of the gods of Troy.

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