- disbar
- transitive verb Date: 1633 to expel from the bar or the legal profession ; deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges • disbarment noun
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disbar — dis·bar /dis bär/ vt: to expel from the bar or the legal profession: deprive (an attorney) of a license to practice law usu. for engaging in unethical or illegal practices compare debar dis·bar·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
disbar — UK US /dɪsˈbɑːr/ US / ˈbɑːr/ verb [T] LAW ► to take away someone s right to work as a lawyer, especially because they have done something wrong or illegal: disbar sb for sth »The former attorney had been disbarred for fraud … Financial and business terms
Disbar — Dis*bar , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbarring}.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disbar — (v.) deprive of the privileges of a barrister, 1630s; see DIS (Cf. dis ) opposite of + BAR (Cf. bar) in the legal sense. Related: Disbarred; disbarring; disbarment … Etymology dictionary
disbar — shut out, eliminate, rule out, suspend, debar, *exclude, blackball … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disbar — ► VERB (disbarred, disbarring) 1) expel (a barrister) from the Bar. 2) exclude. DERIVATIVES disbarment noun … English terms dictionary
disbar — [dis bär′, dis′bär] vt. disbarred, disbarring to expel (a lawyer) from the bar; deprive of the right to practice law SYN. EXCLUDE disbarment n … English World dictionary
disbar — v. (D; tr.) to disbar from (to disbar from practice) * * * [dɪs bɑː] (D; tr.) to disbar from (to disbar from practice) … Combinatory dictionary
disbar — UK [dɪsˈbɑː(r)] / US [dɪsˈbɑr] verb [transitive] Word forms disbar : present tense I/you/we/they disbar he/she/it disbars present participle disbarring past tense disbarred past participle disbarred legal to officially stop a lawyer from doing… … English dictionary
disbar — debar, disbar Debar means ‘to exclude from admission or a right’, as in They were debarred from entering, whereas disbar has the more specific meaning ‘to deprive (a barrister) from the right to practise’. Both words double the r in inflection … Modern English usage
disbar — See debar. See debar, disbar … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
