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Webster 1913 Edition

Disqualification

Dis-qualˊi-fi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
1.
The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability;
as, the
disqualification
of men for holding certain offices
.
2.
That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit;
as, conviction of crime is a
disqualification
of a person for office; sickness is a
disqualification
for labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those
disqualifications
which you have been pleased to overlook.
Sir J. Shore.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disqualification

DISQUALIFICATION

,
Noun.
[See Disqualitfy.]
1.
The act of disqualifying; or that which disqualifies; that which renders unfit, unsuitable or inadequate; as, sickness is a disqualification for labor or study.
2.
The act of depriving of legal power or capacity; that which renders incapable; that which incapacitates in law; disability. Conviction of a crime is a disqualification for office.
3.
Want of qualification. It is used in this sense, though improperly. In strictness, disqualification implies a previous qualification; but careless writers use it for the want of qualification, where no previous qualification is supposed. Thus, I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications, which you have been pleased to overlook.

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