Renunciation: The act of giving up a right.
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Renunciation
(n) Renunciation is the waiving, discarding or otherwise abstaining from any right, offers, authority, participation, involvement to be happened in future
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n. 1) giving up a right, such as a right of inheritance, a gift under a will or abandoning the right to collect a debt on a note. 2) in criminal law, abandoning participation in a crime before it takes place, ...
RENUNCIATION. The act of giving up a right.
2. It is a rule of law that any one may renounce a right which the law has established in his favor. To this maxim there are many limitations.
A renunciation in open court of an alleged claim of action.
In ancient common law, a retraxit had the effect of forever estopping the plaintiff of raising the same cause of action at some future time.
A renunciation or abandonment by or upon oath. The renunciation under oath of one's citizenship or some other right or privilege.
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ABJURATION - A renunciation of allegiance to a country by oath.
The act of Congress of the 14th of April, 1802, requires that when an alien shall apply to be admitted a citizen of the United States, ...
Waiver: Renunciation of a right or benefit. Waivers are not always in writing. Sometimes actions can be interpreted as a waiver.
ABJURATION (from Lat. abjurare, to forswear), a solemn repudiation or renunciation on oath. At common law, it signified the oath of a person who had taken sanctuary to leave the realm for ever; this was abolished in the reign of James I.
For individuals who possess citizenship at one time but later renounce that citizenship, renunciation renders those individuals aliens. Renouncing one's citizenship requires taking a formal oath of renunciation.
Waiver
A disclaimer or renunciation to a right that might have otherwise been available. Waivers need not always be in writing and may sometimes be interpreted by a person's actions ...
disclaimer The repudiation or renunciation of a claim or power vested in a person, or which he formerly alleged to be his; usually used in the sense of disclaiming property or responsibility under a warranty.
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