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Ejuration

Ejuration, renouncing or resigning one's place.

Abjuration

53) had to be taken by every person entering upon any public office or trust. By this he renounced the Pretender (the son of James II.) and recognized the right of Her Majesty, under the Act of

Forswear

To reject or renounce upon oath hence to renounce earnestly determinedly or with protestations

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Quiete clamare

Quiete clamare, means to quit claim or renounce all pretensions of right and title, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1261. Quiete clamare, to quit claim,

forswear

forswear -swore [-swōr] -sworn [-swōrn] -swear·ing vt 1 : to reject, renounce, or deny under oath 2 : to renounce earnestly vi : to swear falsely : commit false swearing

abjure

abjure ab·jured ab·jur·ing [Latin abjurare, from ab- off + jurare to swear] : renounce ;specif : to disclaim formally or renounce upon oath [solemnly s his allegiance to his former country] ab·ju·ra·tion

Abdication

Abdication, where a magistrate or person in office voluntarily renounces or gives it up. It differs from resignation, in that resignation is made by one who has received

Omnes licnentiam habent his, que pro se indulta sunt, renunciare

Omnes licnentiam habent his, que pro se indulta sunt, renunciare [Lat.], every one has liberty to renounce those things which are granted for his own benefit.

Waive

take advantage of. 'A woman which is outlawed is called waived', Co. Litt. 122 b. 1. To abandon, renounce or surrender (a claim, privilege, right etc.): to give up (a right, claim) 2. To refrain from instituting

Renegade

Renegade [from the Latin reneyo, to renounce], one who has changed his profession of faith or opinion: one who has deserted his church or party.

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