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DISQUALIFY

To divest or deprive of qualifications; to incapacitate; to render ineligible or unfit; as, in speaking of the “disqualification” of a judge by reason of his interest in the case, of a juror by reason of his holding a fixed preconceived opinion, or of a candidate for public office by reason of non-residence, lack of statutory age, previous commission of crime, etc.

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