Renunciation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: renunciationrenunciation
renunciation : the act or practice of renouncing ;specif : the act of refusing to continue to acknowledge, recognize, or be bound by a contract or obligation : repudiation ...
Renunciation
Renunciation, the act of giving up a right....
Renunciatory
Pertaining to renunciation containing or declaring a renunciation as renunciatory vows...
Apostacy
Apostacy, a total renunciation of Christianity, by embracing either a false religion or no religion at all (4 Bl. Com. 43). A person educated as a Christian who denies the truth of Christianity, or the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, is liable to heavy penalties under the 'Blasphemy Act.' See BLASPHEMY.Means a crime against religion consisting in the total renunciation of Christianity by one who had previously embraced it, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 93....
Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists.The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger of falsehood, have always been admitted to give evidence, but the old rule was, that all witnesses must take an oath of some kind. Very gradually, however, the legislature has relaxed this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which--Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either that he has no religious belief, or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief, shall be permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath in all places and for all purpose...
release
release re·leased re·leas·ing 1 a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility [the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts] b : to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person : surrender 2 : to set free from confinement [was released on personal recognizance] n 1 a : discharge from an obligation or responsibility that bars a cause of action [did not effect a of the school for any negligence] b : the giving up or renunciation of a right or claim that bars a cause of action [was a of the remainder of the debt] NOTE: A release may in some situations require consideration in order to be valid. A release of one joint obligor sometimes is considered to release all the obligors. 2 : an act or instrument that effects a release [signed a issued by the insurer] called also release of all claims compare hold harmless 3 : the act or instance of freeing esp. from custody ...
renounce
renounce re·nounced re·nounc·ing vt 1 : to announce one's abandonment or giving up of a right to or interest in : disclaim [ an inheritance] 2 : to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further [ allegiance to one's country] vi : to make a renunciation ...
repudiation
repudiation : the rejection or renunciation of a duty or obligation (as under a contract) ;esp : anticipatory repudiation NOTE: A party aggrieved by a repudiation may consider a repudiated contract to have been breached and bring an action for relief. ...
withdraw
withdraw -drew -drawn -draw·ing vt 1 : to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment 2 : to dismiss (a juror) from a jury 3 a : to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or group [ his candidacy] b : to cease to proceed with [withdrew the question after an objection was sustained] c : to take back [ a plea] d : to remove (a motion) from consideration under parliamentary procedure vi 1 : to remove oneself from participation [ from a case] ;specif : to cease participation in a conspiracy by an affirmative act of renunciation esp. involving confession to the authorities or communication of abandonment to co-conspirators 2 : to remove a motion from consideration under parliamentary procedure ...
Expatriation
The act of banishing or the state of banishment especially the forsaking of ones own country with a renunciation of allegiance...
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