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Disbarment


Definition:

  • (n.) Act of disbarring.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The panel of seven judges disbarred him for 11 years, effectively ending Garzón's career .
  • (2) Li Heping said he had not been notified personally but had been told he was disbarred.
  • (3) Who knows what further horrors a rump of British jihadis disbarred from coming home might fashion from the safety of Islamic State ?
  • (4) My English mother (resident in France for over 15 years and thus disbarred from voting in a referendum that may affect her much more directly than most of her compatriots on this side of the Channel) is investigating naturalisation as the only way to continue receiving the costly healthcare on which she depends, but is terrified that such a step might deprive her of her UK state pension once Brexit occurs.
  • (5) The fact that I will continue to do no government work while I am chair of the EHRC I think should satisfy the committee and the secretary of state that that perceived interest is something that should not disbar me from proceeding in this role.” But Harman argued that conflict of interest was as much about “perception” as anything else.
  • (6) Together with Donald Lam, a streetwise disbarred lawyer who becomes her partner, Bertha had incredible longevity and featured in more than two dozen books.
  • (7) He was acquitted of criminal charges but the Michigan supreme court disbarred him, finding "overwhelming evidence" that Jenkins "sold his office and his public trust", according to the bar records.
  • (8) Rights lawyers, activists and others have been disbarred, detained and jailed.
  • (9) It runs on the new 3GS iPhone, last year's 3G, the original 2G and the iPod Touch and has addressed many user demands, although not the provision of Flash, which Apple has its own reasons for disbarring from the iPhone: Flash provides a back door through which developers could smuggle in unauthorised apps and Apple (for good reasons and bad) is allergic to the word "unauthorised".
  • (10) The church has an exemption from equalities and employment legislation allowing it to disbar women from the episcopate.
  • (11) "This will not affect his disbarment or the guilty verdict," said Mariola Urrea, a law professor at the University of La Rioja.
  • (12) At least 17 rights defence lawyers did not receive the new licences they needed at the end of last month, in effect disbarring them.
  • (13) When these laws reach the statue book just after the new year, the home secretary, Theresa May, will be able to disbar those she “reasonably suspects” of engaging in terrorism from returning to the UK for two years unless those suspects (who can include children) agree to their subsequent lives in Britain being monitored, controlled and directed by the authorities.
  • (14) That rule is now expected to be challenged at a UK level by a coalition of anti-domestic violence campaigners and women's aid groups, who will press for new laws that would automatically disbar a parliamentarian who is convicted of violence against the person, regardless of the type or length of their sentence.
  • (15) Thousands of people rallied on Sunday in Madrid in support of a disbarred judge well known for taking on international human rights cases.
  • (16) Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish human rights investigator disbarred as a judge on Thursday , announced he would appeal against his sentence, and launched a fierce attack on the supreme court judges who found him guilty of illegal wiretapping.
  • (17) Its methods disbar it from serious consideration as a natural science and its claims to therapeutic efficacy are in tatters.
  • (18) It just never happened.” He said he was considering taking legal action to have Brad Edwards and Paul Cassell, the lawyers who filed the motion, disbarred for “knowingly filing … a false, malicious and defamatory statement in a lawsuit”.
  • (19) "Public interest lawyers who took cases deemed sensitive by the government faced disbarment and the closure of their firms, and in some cases were subject to arrest and detention.

Lawyer


Definition:

  • (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
  • (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
  • (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).
  • (n.) The burbot (Lota maculosa).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
  • (3) Defence lawyers suggested this week that Anwar's accuser was a "compulsive and consummate liar" who may have been put up to it.
  • (4) The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels.
  • (5) Antoine Comte, a lawyer for the Schloss heirs, said all the family wanted was the return of the painting.
  • (6) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
  • (7) The citizenship debate is tawdry, conflated and ultimately pointless | Richard Ackland Read more On Wednesday, the prime minister criticised lawyers for backing terrorists.
  • (8) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
  • (9) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
  • (10) Sharif Mobley, 30, whose lawyers consider him to be disappeared, managed to call his wife in Philadelphia on Thursday, the first time they had spoken since February and a rare independent proof he is alive since a brief phone call with his mother in July.
  • (11) said Bengis, a Miami-based lawyer who campaigned hard for Hillary Clinton four years ago before she conceded the Democratic Party's nomination to Barack Obama.
  • (12) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
  • (13) But Steven Brounstein, a lawyer for one of the officers, said: 'For the DA to be equating this case to a drive-by shooting is absurd.
  • (14) With her expert legal aid and the help of her lawyers, I was released along with the 300 others who had been rounded up.
  • (15) We have the president of the tribunal, Sir Michael Burton, arguing that his work needs to be done in secret to secure the trust and co-operation of the intelligence services – but what about the trust of the British people and the confidence of the lawyers who seek to establish the rights of ordinary members of the public?
  • (16) Shaker Aamer , a Saudi who lived in London before travelling to Afghanistan, has given a statement to one of his lawyers in which he says British intelligence officers were present while Americans beat him and smashed his head against a wall.
  • (17) A lawyer advising one of the newspaper groups opposing the deal said: "All the regulator has to prove is that there is a potential for a reduction in plurality in the UK.
  • (18) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
  • (19) His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian jail in 2009 after being refused medical treatment.
  • (20) We need to stop making excuses for them: But it is up to the state to close the loopholes Yes, the state must work continually to tighten and simplify the tax regime, which is a deliberate mess keeping an entire industry of accounting firms and tax lawyers fed.

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