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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  Willing  to  march  on  to  Calais,  Without  impeachment. 
  --Shak. 
  b  A  calling  to  account;  arraignment;  especially,  of  a 
  public  officer  for  maladministration. 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  {Articles  of  impeachment}.  See  under  {Article}. 
 
  {Impeachment  of  waste}  (Law),  restraint  from  or 
  accountability  for  injury;  also  a  suit  for  damages  for 
  injury.  --Abbott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impeachment 
  n  :  a  formal  document  charging  a  public  official  with  misconduct 
  in  office 




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