Deprivation

Deprivation
Deprivation Dep`ri*va"tion, n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. [1913 Webster]

2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. [1913 Webster]

3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. [1913 Webster]

Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order. [1913 Webster]


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