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Warranty
contract. On the other hand, the person entitled to the benefit of a condition is at liberty to waive his right to repudiate upon condition broken and merely claim damages or compensation for breach of the collateral
Notice to quit
landlord receive or distrain for rent due after the expiration of a notice to quit it is a waiver of that notice, and giving a second notice to quit generally amounts to waiver of a notice previously
Disagreement
to full age, disagree thereto; and if he does not agree thereto, his heirs, after his death, may waive it. See Co. Litt. 2 b, 3 a, 380 b; 3 Preston's Abstracts, 104; Vin. Abr. 'Disagreement.
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Condescend
To stoop or descend to let ones self down to submit to waive the privilege of rank or dignity to accommodate ones self to an inferior
waiver
waiver [Anglo-French, from waiver to waive] : the act of intentionally or knowingly relinquishing or abandoning a known right,
reserve
as a : to keep (a right, power, or interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it
nolo contendere plea
nolo contendere plea a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt, but does waive the right to trial and authorize the court to impose punishment at sentencing. Nolo contendere is a Latin
Jointure
of her dower. It may be made either before or after marriage; if made after marriage she may waive it, and claim her dower. 2 Bl. Com. 137. The (English) Statute of Jointures, 11 Hen. 7, c.
guilty plea
he or she committed the offense he or she is charged with and his or her agreement to waive the right to trial. If the court accepts the plea, the case proceeds to sentencing. Source: Federal Judicial
Pawn or Pledge
except by possession; and, ordinarily, when that possession is relinquished, the right of the pledgee is extinguished or waived. But, in the case of a mortgage of personal property the right of property passes by the conveyance
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