externment
English
Etymology
extern + -ment
Noun
externment (plural externments)
- (India) Exile; banishment, as a sentence for crime.
- 1953, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 14-15, p. 112:
- The Court also observed that the East Punjab Public Safety Act, 1949, did not authorise the Provincial Government to order the externment from the Province of a person ordinarily residing in the Province, but only the outsiders.
- 1967, The All-Pakistan Legal Decisions, Vol. 10, Part 4, p. 115:
- We should note an argument advanced in favour of externments for unlimited time.
- 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, p. 31:
- An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.
- 1953, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 14-15, p. 112:
See also
- interment