deposal

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Bob Weinstein became head of the Weinstein Company after his brother’s deposal.

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2017

At Angora, capital of Turkey, the Grand National Assembly passed a bill providing for the deposal of the Calif, Abdul Medjid Effendi, and the abolition of the Califate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bueso Rosa, the former Honduran Army Chief of Staff, was demoted and sent to Chile after Alvarez's deposal.

From Time Magazine Archive

After his deposal and death there was a long interregnum; but the afflatus was only distributed, not extinguished.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

The nawab was advised, warned, and then menaced with deposal, provided things were not righted in his dominions, radically and speedily, to the satisfaction of the East India Company.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various