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Definition of Impeached
1. impeach [v] - See also: impeach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeached
Literary usage of Impeached
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury by Austin Abbott, William Charles Wermuth (1922)
"impeached testimony. » . The testimony of a witness who has been impeached should
g6 to the jury, not with an instruction to disregard it ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"The Commons, at a conference, impeached the lord viscount Mordaunt. • 30 August,
1641. The earl of Bridgwater impeached, and Articles read, but not entered. ..."
3. History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1839)
"Walpole then rose and impeached Bolingbroke of high treason. The friends of
Bolingbroke in the House were not few, but his flight prevented their defence. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Starkie, George Morley Dowdeswell, John George Malcolm, George Sharswood (1876)
"The credit of a witness may be impeached either by cross-examination, subject to
the rules already mentioned, or by general evidence affecting his credit, ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"r ^1 • ei • i • impeached During the period in which the practice of impeachment
by public accusation of the commons was taking on a definite ..."
6. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"It was then resolved, that he should be impeached ; and preparations were made
for his trial; but it did not commence before the year 1788. ..."
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