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What does disbarment mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
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The Committee heard the new evidence and confirmed its earlier decision on disbarment.
The article states that the agency could have voted sanctions against Maco ranging from censure to disbarment.
I'm not sure the disbarment incrementally adds that much more to the punishment he's personally suffered.
But Mr Clinton's fate is now in the hands of Arkansan lawyers, some of whom see Mr Clinton's possible disbarment as a chance to clean up the state's reputation.
Violations such as these can lead to disciplinary measures, including removal from the bench and even disbarment.
Human rights lawyers have been threatened with disbarment or placed under investigation.

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