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acquit

acquit ac·quit·ted ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a-, prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt : to discharge completely: as a : to release from liability for a debt or other obligation usually used in agreements [forever release, , and discharge each other] b : to absolve (a criminal defendant) of a charge by judicial process c : to clear of wrongdoing [the fact…does not them of misrepresentation "In re Hiller, 694 P.2d 540 (1985)"] vi : to absolve a defendant of criminal liability [must if any reasonable doubt existed "Commonwealth v. Gagliardi, 638 N.E.2d 20 (1994)"] compare convict ...


lease

lease [Anglo-French les, from lesser to grant by lease, from Old French laisser to let go, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 a : a contract by which an owner of property conveys exclusive possession, control, use, or enjoyment of it for a specified rent and a specified term after which the property reverts to the owner ;also : the act of such conveyance or the term for which it is made see also sublease compare easement, license security interest at interest, tenancy NOTE: Article 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code, which governs leases where adopted, defines lease as “a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration.” build·ing lease : ground lease in this entry consumer lease : a lease made by a lessor regularly engaged in the selling or leasing of a product to a lessee who is leasing the product primarily for his or her personal or household use finance lease : a lease in which the lessor acquires g...


peonage

peonage : labor in a condition of servitude to extinguish a debt [the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as is abolished and forever prohibited "U.S. Code"] ...


perpetuity

perpetuity pl: -ties 1 : the quality, state, or duration of being perpetual [devised to them in ] 2 a : the condition of a future estate limited in such a way as not to vest within the period fixed by law for the vesting of an estate ;also : a limitation that gives rise to such a situation b : an estate that will not vest within the period fixed by law see also rule against perpetuities, statutory rule against perpetuities 3 : an annuity payable forever ...


Everlasting

Lasting or enduring forever exsisting or continuing without end immortal eternal...


Evermore

During eternity always forever for an indefinite period at all times often used substantively with for...


Forever

Through eternity through endless ages eternally...


Frankalmoigne

A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs called also tenure by free alms...


Immortal

Not mortal exempt from liability to die undying imperishable lasting forever having unlimited or eternal existance...


Immortalize

To render immortal to cause to live or exist forever...


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