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40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

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38. British Civil Law Had a Contour Called Impeachment

Great Britain’s parliament building. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

Impeachment referred to the process of trial, conviction, and punishment that applied to both those in government and commoners. British Parliament had occasionally resorted to the process and, on a few occasions, did remove people from office for notoriously bad behavior.

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