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extinguishment
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXTINGUISHMENT
n.The act of putting out or quenching; extinction; suppression; destruction; as the extinguishment of fire or flame; of discord, enmity or jealousy; or of love or affection. 1. Abolition; nullification.
Divine laws of christian church policy may not be altered by extinguishment.
2. Extinction; a putting an end to, or a coming to an end; termination; as the extinguishment of a race or tribe.
3. The putting an end to a right or estate, by consolidation or union.
If my tenant for life makes a lease to A for life, remainder to B and his heirs, and I release to A; this release operates as an extinguishment of my right to the reversion.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXTINGUISHMENT
EXTINGUISHMENT Ex *tin "guish *ment, n.
1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
2. (Law )
Defn: The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott.
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