Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Articles of impeachment
a formal document alleging the specific charges against a public official and the reasons for removing that official from office. ( it is similar to an indictment in a criminal proceeding. See impeachment.
Impeach
ub. 1. To charge with a crime or misconduct; esp., to formally charge (a public official) with a violation of the public trust. e Impeaching a federal official, such as the President, the Vice President, or a judge, requires that a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives vote to return at least one article of impeachment to the U.S. Senate, itemizing the charges and explaining their factual grounds. Even if an official is impeached, removal from office does not occur unless two-thirds of the senators vote for conviction. < President Nixon resigned from office to avoid being impeached. 2. To discredit the veracity of (a witness) <the lawyer hoped that her star witness wouldn't be impeached on cross-examination>. 3. To challenge the accuracy or authenticity of (a document) <the handwriting expert impeached the holographic will>.
Impeachment
1. The act (by a legislature) of calling for the removal from office of a public official, accomplished by presenting a written charge of the official's alleged misconduct; esp., the initiation of a proceeding in the U.S. House of Representatives against a federal official, such as the President or a judge. 0 Congress's authority to remove a federal official stems from Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, which authorizes the removal of an official for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The grounds upon which an official can be removed do not, however, have to be criminal in nature. They usu. involve some type of abuse of power or breach of the public trust. Articles of impeachment - which can be approved by a simple majority in the House - serve as the charging instrument for the later trial in the Senate. If the President is impeached, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
court for the trial of impeachments
A tribunal empowered to try a government officer or other person brought before it by the process of impeachment. ( The U.S. Senate and the British House of Lords have this authority, as do the upper houses of most state legislatures. -Also termed impeachment court; court of impeachment.
court of impeachment
See COURT FOR THE TRIALS OF IMPEACHMENT.
impeachable offense
See IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
impeachment court
See COURT FOR THE TRIALS OF IMPEACHMENT. impeachment evidence See EVIDENCE.
impeachment evidence
Evidence used to undermine a witness's credibility. Fed. R. Evid. 607-610.
impeachment of verdict
A party's attack on a verdict, alleging impropriety by a member of the jury.
impeachment of waste
Hist. An action for waste against the tenant of the harmed property."[Flor above five hundred years past, all tenants for life or for any less estate, have been punishable or liable to be impeached for waste, both voluntary and permissive; unless their leases be made, as sometimes they are, without impeachment of waste ...." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 283 (1766).
sans impeachment de wast
[Law French] Hist. Without impeachment of waste.
without impeachment of waste.
(Of a tenant) not subject to an action for waste; not punishable for waste. ( This clause is inserted in a lease to give a tenant the right to take certain actions (such as cutting timber) without being held liable for waste. But a tenant cannot abuse the right and will usu. be held liable for maliciously committing waste. - Also termed absque impetitione vasti.