impeachment
[/ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt/]
nounpl: impeachments
impeachment; processo de destituição; acusação formal
1. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime against a high-ranking official, particularly a president or judge
The impeachment of the president was initiated by the House of Representatives.
O impeachment do presidente foi iniciado pela Câmara dos Representantes.
2. The process or act of impeaching; a formal proceeding to remove someone from office
Impeachment is a constitutional remedy for removing officials who have committed high crimes.
O impeachment é um remédio constitucional para remover autoridades que cometeram crimes graves.
3. A challenge to the credibility or integrity of a witness or evidence in legal proceedings
The lawyer's impeachment of the witness undermined her testimony.
O questionamento da credibilidade da testemunha pelo advogado enfraqueceu seu depoimento.
Impeachment is a distinctly Anglo-American constitutional concept that gained prominence in Brazilian Portuguese after the 1992 impeachment of President Fernando Collor de Mello. The term became widely used in Brazilian political discourse and is now commonly used without translation. In the United States, impeachment is a formal constitutional process that does not automatically result in removal from office; conviction by the Senate is required for removal. In Brazil, the process has similar but distinct procedures defined by the Constitution of 1988.
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