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INELIGIBILITY Definition & Legal Meaning

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Disqualification or legal incapacity to be elected to an ollice. Thus, an alien or naturalized citizen is ineligible to be elected president of the United States. Carroll v. Green, 148 Ind. 302, 47 N. E. 223; State v. Murray, 28 Wis. 99, 9 Am. Rep. 4S9.

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