Impeachment vs Treason - What's the difference?
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The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter
the state of being impeached
a demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and therefore, is less likely to tell the truth now
(obsolete) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
* Shakespeare
The crime of betraying one’s own country.
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* 1952 , James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work : (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
As nouns the difference between impeachment and treason
is that impeachment is the act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter while treason is the crime of betraying one’s own country.impeachment
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Alternative forms
* empeachment (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia impeachment) (en noun)- Willing to march on to Calais, / Without impeachment .
See also
* (wikipedia "impeachment")treason
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(wikipedia treason)Noun
(en noun)- Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them.
