DISENFRANCHISEMENT

disenfranchisement      (dis-<<schwa>>n-fran-chiz-m<<schwa>>nt      or      -fran-chIz-m<<

schwa>>nt).1. The act of depriving a member of a corporation or other organization of a right, as

by expulsion. 2. The act of taking away the right to vote in public elections from a citizen or class

of citizens. — Also termed disfranchisement. [Cases: Elections    87. C.J.S. Elections § 32.] [Blacks Law 8th]