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• n  unfitness that bars you from participation
• n  the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified

• Tempers flared among residents of Baghdad on Friday as word spread of Iraq's disqualification from the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• In May, 186 votes went to the ANV and a further 142 ballots were left blank in protest at its disqualification.
• Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust .

News & Articles

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• Rights groups criticize Iran for pre-election harassment
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Human rights groups have criticized Iran for curbing dissidents and journalists before Friday's presidential poll, the first since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election ignited popular fury in 2009. From the disqualification of high-profile candidates to controls on campaigning and televised debates, the authorities have done all they can to prevent any repeat of the ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• USGA must enforce pace of play at 2013 U.S. Open, says Annika Sorenstam
  The USGA's rule 6-7 states, in part that a golfer who does not play "without undue delay" shall incur penalties that begin with a warning, may escalate to one and two strokes, and can eventually end with a disqualification.
  June 12, 2013 - Philly.com
• Churchill Downs notes: Lanerie in the clear in DQ
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Churchill Downs stewards have held jockey Corey Lanerie blameless for his role in the disqualification of his mount, Runkle, from first to third in the eighth race Saturday.
  June 11, 2013 - Daily Racing Form

Quotes

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• Max Baucus in Houston Chronicle
  The country needs a treasury secretary quickly. In my judgment, these errors, although serious ...... do not rise to the level of disqualification,said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.
• Imran Khan in Forbes
  A lawyer for opposition leader and former cricket star Imran Khan said that the change announced by the Election Commission on Monday was made "to protect Gen. Musharraf against any disqualification."
• Galen in FOXNews
  That is almost a disqualification,said GOP consultant Rich Galen. "Surely Crist in Florida has gotten as close as anybody to overplaying his hand."