North Dakota Code 44-09-18 – Privileges of court – Imprisonment
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The senate, while sitting as a court of impeachment, has all the powers and privileges conferred upon it by the constitution as a house of the legislative assembly or the laws passed in pursuance thereof, but imprisonment may not extend beyond the dissolution of the court of impeachment.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 44-09-18
- 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.