English-Thai Dictionary
impeachment
N การ กล่าวโทษ เจ้าหน้าที่ รัฐ ว่า ทำ ผิดศีลธรรม หรือ จรรยาบรร ณ การฟ้องร้อง kan-klao-thod-jao-na-ti-rad-wa-tam-pid-sin-la-tam-rue-jan-ya-ban
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IMPEACHMENT
n.Hinderance; impediment; stop; obstruction. 1. An accusation or charge brought against a public officer for maladministration in his office. In Great Britain, 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 U. States, it is the right of the house of representatives to impeach, and of the senate to try and determine impeachments. In Great Britain, the house of peers, and in the U. States, the senate of the U. States, and the senates in the several states, are the high courts of impeachment.
2. The act of impeaching.
3. Censure; accusation; a calling in question the purity of motives or the rectitude of conduct, etc. This declaration is no impeachment of his motives or of his judgment.
4. The act of calling to account, as for waste.
5. The state of being liable to account, as for waste.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IMPEACHMENT
Im *peach "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empêchement. ]
Defn: 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.
Duden Dictionary
Impeachment
Im peach ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt |das Impeachment; Genitiv: des Impeachment [s ], Plural: die Impeachments englisch impeachment, zu: to impeach = anklagen < französisch empêcher = (ver )hindern < spätlateinisch impedicare = fangen (in den USA vom Repräsentantenhaus veranlasstes ) gegen einen hohen Staatsbeamten gerichtetes Verfahren, das eine Anklage wegen Missbrauchs des Amtes mit dem Antrag auf Amtsenthebung ermöglichen soll
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
impeachment
im p é ach ment 名詞 U C 弾劾, 告発 ; 非難 ▸ the Impeachment Court 弾劾裁判所 .
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