Meaning of externment | Babel Free

Definitions

Exile; banishment, as a sentence for crime.

India

Examples

“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.”

“We should note an argument advanced in favour of externments for unlimited time.”

“An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.”

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