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Impeachment
(gcide) | Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.]
The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:
(a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
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Willing to march on to Calais,
Without impeachment. --Shak.
(b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a
public officer for maladministration.
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The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like
to have been fatal to their state. --Swift.
(c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude
of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as,
an impeachment of motives. --Shak.
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Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House
of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of
Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United
States, it is the right of the House of Representatives
to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine
impeachments.
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Articles of impeachment. See under Article.
Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or
accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for
injury. --Abbott.
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impeachment
(wn) | impeachment
n 1: a formal document charging a public official with
misconduct in office |
IMPEACHMENT
(bouvier) | IMPEACHMENT, const. law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the
United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation,
by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the
United States, against an officer. The presentment, written accusation, is
called articles of impeachment.
2. The constitution declares that the house of representatives shall
have the sole power of impeachment art. 1, s. 2, cl. 5 and that the senate
shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Art. 1, s. 3, cl. 6.
3. The persons liable to impeachment are the president, vice-president,
and all civil officers of the United States. Art. 2, s. 4. A question arose
upon an impeachment before the senate, in 1799, whether a senator was a
civil officer of the United States, within the purview of this section of
the constitution, and it was decided by the senate, by a vote of fourteen
against eleven, that he was not. Senate Journ., January 10th, 1799; Story on
Const. Sec. 791; Rawle on Const. 213, 214 Serg. Const. Law, 376.
4. The offences for which a guilty officer may be impeached are,
treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Art. 2, s. 4. The
constitution defines the crime of treason. Art. 3, s. 3. Recourse must be
had to the common law for a definition of bribery. Not having particularly
mentioned what is to be understood by "other high crimes and misdemeanors,"
resort, it is presumed, must be had to parliamentary practice, and the
common law, in order to ascertain what they are. Story, Sec. 795.
5. The mode of proceeding, in the institution and trial of
impeachments, is as follows: When a person who may be legally impeached has
been guilty, or is supposed to have been guilty, of some malversation in
office, a resolution is generally brought forward by a member of the house
of representatives, either to accuse the party, or for a committee of
inquiry. If the committee report adversely to the party accused, they give a
statement of the charges, and recommend that he be impeached; when the
resolution is adopted by the house, a committee is appointed to impeach the
party at the bar of the senate, and to state that the articles of
impeachment against him will be exhibited in due time, and made good before
the senate, and to demand that the senate take order for the appearance of
the party to answer to the impeachment. The house then agree upon the
articles of impeachment, and they are presented to the senate by a committee
appointed by the house to prosecute the impeachment; the senate then issues
process, summoning the party to appear at a given day before them, to answer
to the articles. The process is served by the sergeant-at-arms of the
senate, and a return is made of it to the senate, under oath. On the return-
day of the process, the senate resolves itself into a court of impeachment,
and the senators are sworn to do justice, according to the constitution and
laws. The person impeached is called to answer, and either appears or does
not appear. If he does not appear, his default is recorded, and the senate
may proceed ex parte. If he does appear, either by himself or attorney, the
parties are required to form an issue, and a time is then assigned for the
trial. The proceedings on the trial are conducted substantially as they are
upon common judicial trials. If any debates arise among the senators, they
are conducted in secret, and the final decision is given by yeas and nays;
but no person can be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
members present. Const. art. 1, s. 2, cl. 6.
6. When the president is tried, the chief justice shall preside. The
judgment, in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal
from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor,
trust, or profit under the United States. Proceedings on impeachments under
the state constitutions are somewhat similar. Vide Courts of the United
States.
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IMPEACHMENT
(bouvier) | IMPEACHMENT, evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who
has been examined is unworthy of credit.
2. Every witness is liable to be impeached as to his character for
truth; and, if his general character is good, he is presumed, at all times,
to be ready to support it. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3224, et seq.
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impeachment
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Articles of impeachment
(gcide) | Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.]
The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:
(a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Willing to march on to Calais,
Without impeachment. --Shak.
(b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a
public officer for maladministration.
[1913 Webster]
The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like
to have been fatal to their state. --Swift.
(c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude
of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as,
an impeachment of motives. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House
of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of
Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United
States, it is the right of the House of Representatives
to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine
impeachments.
[1913 Webster]
Articles of impeachment. See under Article.
Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or
accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for
injury. --Abbott.
[1913 Webster]Article \Ar"ti*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus
joint, akin to Gr. ?, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art,
n.]
1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary
work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more
particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article
in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system
of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or
stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as,
articles of agreement.
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2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of
a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
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3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.]
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A very great revolution that happened in this
article of good breeding. --Addison.
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This last article will hardly be believed. --De Foe.
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4. A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty."
--Paley. "Each article of time." --Habington.
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The articles which compose the blood. --E. Darwin.
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5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of
merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
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They would fight not for articles of faith, but for
articles of food. --Landor.
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6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic]
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This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the
article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have
had no little influence on the jury and all the
bench to his prejudice. --Evelyn.
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7. (Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before
nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is
called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
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8. (Zool.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
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Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made
by the original thirteen States of the United States. They
were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law
until March, 1789.
Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of
impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment
does in a common criminal case.
Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for
the better government of the army.
In the article of death [L. in articulo mortis], at the
moment of death; in the dying struggle.
Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee
of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the
drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws.
The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in
number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.
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Impeachment of waste
(gcide) | Impeachment \Im*peach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.]
The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as:
(a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Willing to march on to Calais,
Without impeachment. --Shak.
(b) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a
public officer for maladministration.
[1913 Webster]
The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like
to have been fatal to their state. --Swift.
(c) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude
of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as,
an impeachment of motives. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House
of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of
Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United
States, it is the right of the House of Representatives
to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine
impeachments.
[1913 Webster]
Articles of impeachment. See under Article.
Impeachment of waste (Law), restraint from, or
accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for
injury. --Abbott.
[1913 Webster] |
impeachment
(wn) | impeachment
n 1: a formal document charging a public official with
misconduct in office |
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
(bouvier) | ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. An instrument which, in cases of impeachment, (q.v.)
is used, and performs the same office which an indictment does, in a
common criminal case, is known by this name. These articles do not usually
pursue the strict form and accuracy of an indictment., Wood. Lect. 40, p.
605; Foster, 389, 390; Com. Dig. Parliament, L 21. They are sometimes quite
general in the form of the allegations, but always contain, or ought to
contain, so much certainty, as to enable the party to put himself on the
proper defence, and in case of an acquittal, to avail himself of it, as a
bar to another impeachment. Additional articles may, perhaps, be exhibited
at any stage of the prosecution. Story on the Sec. 806; Rawle on the Const.
216.
2. The answer to articles of impeachment is exempted from observing
great strictness of form; and it may contain arguments as well as facts. It
is usual to give a full and particular answer to each article of the
accusation. Story, Sec. 808.
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IMPEACHMENT
(bouvier) | IMPEACHMENT, const. law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the
United States, an impeachment may be described to be a written accusation,
by the house of representatives of the United States, to the senate of the
United States, against an officer. The presentment, written accusation, is
called articles of impeachment.
2. The constitution declares that the house of representatives shall
have the sole power of impeachment art. 1, s. 2, cl. 5 and that the senate
shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Art. 1, s. 3, cl. 6.
3. The persons liable to impeachment are the president, vice-president,
and all civil officers of the United States. Art. 2, s. 4. A question arose
upon an impeachment before the senate, in 1799, whether a senator was a
civil officer of the United States, within the purview of this section of
the constitution, and it was decided by the senate, by a vote of fourteen
against eleven, that he was not. Senate Journ., January 10th, 1799; Story on
Const. Sec. 791; Rawle on Const. 213, 214 Serg. Const. Law, 376.
4. The offences for which a guilty officer may be impeached are,
treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Art. 2, s. 4. The
constitution defines the crime of treason. Art. 3, s. 3. Recourse must be
had to the common law for a definition of bribery. Not having particularly
mentioned what is to be understood by "other high crimes and misdemeanors,"
resort, it is presumed, must be had to parliamentary practice, and the
common law, in order to ascertain what they are. Story, Sec. 795.
5. The mode of proceeding, in the institution and trial of
impeachments, is as follows: When a person who may be legally impeached has
been guilty, or is supposed to have been guilty, of some malversation in
office, a resolution is generally brought forward by a member of the house
of representatives, either to accuse the party, or for a committee of
inquiry. If the committee report adversely to the party accused, they give a
statement of the charges, and recommend that he be impeached; when the
resolution is adopted by the house, a committee is appointed to impeach the
party at the bar of the senate, and to state that the articles of
impeachment against him will be exhibited in due time, and made good before
the senate, and to demand that the senate take order for the appearance of
the party to answer to the impeachment. The house then agree upon the
articles of impeachment, and they are presented to the senate by a committee
appointed by the house to prosecute the impeachment; the senate then issues
process, summoning the party to appear at a given day before them, to answer
to the articles. The process is served by the sergeant-at-arms of the
senate, and a return is made of it to the senate, under oath. On the return-
day of the process, the senate resolves itself into a court of impeachment,
and the senators are sworn to do justice, according to the constitution and
laws. The person impeached is called to answer, and either appears or does
not appear. If he does not appear, his default is recorded, and the senate
may proceed ex parte. If he does appear, either by himself or attorney, the
parties are required to form an issue, and a time is then assigned for the
trial. The proceedings on the trial are conducted substantially as they are
upon common judicial trials. If any debates arise among the senators, they
are conducted in secret, and the final decision is given by yeas and nays;
but no person can be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
members present. Const. art. 1, s. 2, cl. 6.
6. When the president is tried, the chief justice shall preside. The
judgment, in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal
from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor,
trust, or profit under the United States. Proceedings on impeachments under
the state constitutions are somewhat similar. Vide Courts of the United
States.
IMPEACHMENT, evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who
has been examined is unworthy of credit.
2. Every witness is liable to be impeached as to his character for
truth; and, if his general character is good, he is presumed, at all times,
to be ready to support it. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3224, et seq.
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IMPEACHMENT OF WAST
(bouvier) | IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE. It signifies a restraint from committing waste upon
lands or tenements; or a demand of compensation for waste done by a tenant
who has but a particular estate in the land granted, and, therefore, no
right to commit waste.
2. All tenants for life, or any less estate, are liable to be impeached
for waste, unless they hold without impeachment of waste; in the latter
case, they may commit waste without being questioned, or any demand for
compensation for the waste done. 11 Co. 82.
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WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WAST
(bouvier) | WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE. When a tenant for life holds the land without
impeachment of waste, he is of course dispunishable for waste whether wilful
or otherwise. But still this right must not be wantonly abused so as to
destroy the estate, and he will be enjoined from committing malicious waste.
Dane's Ab. c. 78, a. 14, Sec. 7; Bac. Ab. Waste, N; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. tit.
Waste, A. pl, 8; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2402. See Impeachment of Waste and Waste.
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