Renunciation

Parentela

Parentela, or de parentel' se tollere, signified a renunciation of one's kindred and family. This was, according to ancient custom, done in open Court, before the judge, and in the presence of twelve men, who made oath that they believed it was done for a just cause. We read of it in the laws of Henry I. After such abjuration, the person was incapable of inheriting anything from any of his relations, etc....

Mandate

Mandate [fr. mandatum, Lat.], a judicial command, charge, commission.Also, a bailment of goods, without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them. The person employing is called in the Civil Law mandans or mandator, and the person employed mandatarius or mandatory. The distinction between a mandate and a deposit is that in the latter the principal object of the parties is the custody of the thing; and the service and labour are merely accessorial. In the former, the labour and service are the principal objects of the parties, and the thing is merely accessorial. Three things are necessary to create a mandate: (1) that there should exist something which should be the subject of the contract, or some act or business to be done; (2) that it should be done gratuitously; (3) that the parties should voluntarily intend to enter into the contract. A mandatary incurs three obligations: (1) to do the act which is the object of the mandate, and with which...

Disclaimer

Disclaimer, a renunciation, or a denial by a tenant of his landlord's title, either by refusing to pay rent, denying any obligation to pay, or by setting up a title in himself or a third person, and this is a distinct ground of forfeiture of the lease or other tenancy, whether of land or tithe. See Vivian v. Moat, (1878) 16 Ch D 730, in which Fry, J., held landlords entitled to eject tenants without notice to quit on a letter disputing the right of the landlords to raise the rent and asserting a right to hold on a quitrent.A devisee in fee may, by deed, without matter of record, disclaim the estate devised, and after such disclaimer has no interest in the estate. An heir-at-law could not disclaim.An executor may, before probate, 'disclaim,' or as it is more properly called, 'renounce,' the executorship, and the executor of an executor may, before probate of the will of his own testator, disclaim to be the executor of the first testator; but he cannot so disclaim after he has proved the...

Abstention

Abstention, The act of withholding or keeping back (Something or oneself), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., keeping an heir from possession; also, tacit renunciation of a succession by an heir, French Law....

The act of renouncing...

Self abnegation

Self denial self renunciation self sacrifice...

VerbarRetraxit

The withdrawing or open renunciation of a suit in court by the plaintiff by which he forever lost his right of action...

Renouncement

The act of disclaiming or rejecting renunciation...

Rebellion

The act of rebelling open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience and resistance to its officers and laws either by levying war or by aiding others to do so an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force revolt insurrection...

Nonsuit

A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit a stopping of the suit a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff either because he is satisfied that he can not support it or upon the judges expressing his opinion A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case...

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