Proceedings for impeachment or removal by address may be instituted by the House of
Representatives without a petition from any person.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 63.020

  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.

Effective: October 1, 1942
History through 1968: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2175.