Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disbar

Expel. Deprive of the privilege of practicing law. The term is most commonly used in relation to the expulsion of attorneys from their professional society thereby depriving them of the right to practice law. See Gresham v superior court , 112 P.2d 965, 44 Cal. App.2d 664.

In English Law. To expel a barrister from the bar. In the United States. To debar an attorney from the right to practice.

verb

• disbench
• dismiss from the bar
• dismiss from the legal profession
• disqualify as an attorney
• divest of legal office
• drum out of the legal profession
• exclude from the profession of law
• expel from the bar
• expel from the legal profession
• invalidate an attorney’s license
• remove from legal office
• remove from the practice of law
• remove from the roll of attorneys
• render an attorney’s license null and void
• rescind an attorney’s license to practice
• revoke one’s license to practice lawstrike off :he roll of lawyers
• suspend from the practice of law
• suspend from the profession of law
• void the license of an attorney
• Associated Concepts: disbarment proceedings

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English Spanish Translation of Disbar

To disbar lawyers FROM the profession: Inhabilitar, quitar la licencia o habilitación para ejercer la profesión de Abogado

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Disbar in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of disbar.

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Disbar

(You may find disbar at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

deprive of the privileges of a barrister, 1630s; see dis- “opposite of” + bar in the legal sense. Related: Disbarred; disbarring; disbarment.

Meaning of Disbar (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of disbar (to) into Spanish: inhabilitar (para el ejercicio de la abogacía)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where disbar (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Disbar (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

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• Bar

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  See Also

  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Policeman
  • Law Enforcement Agency

  Further Reading

  • disbar in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
  • disbar in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
  • A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

  English Legal System: Disbar

  In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Disbar :

  To expel a barrister from his Inn of Court. The sentence of disbarment is pronounced by the *Benchers of the barrister’s Inn, subject to a right of appeal to the judges who act as visitors of all the Inns of Court.