retire

retire
re·tire vb re·tired, re·tir·ing
vi: to withdraw from an action
the jury retired for deliberations
vt: to withdraw from circulation or from the market
retire a loan
retire stock

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

retire
I (conclude a career) verb abdicate, demit, drop out, give notice, give up office, give up work, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, stand aside, take leave, tender one's resignation, vacate II (retreat) verb abandon, abire, concedere, decamp, depart, discharge, fall back, go back, leave, part, recede, recedere, remove, retrocede, seclude oneself, separate oneself, shelve, take leave, turn in, vacate, withdraw III index abandon (withdraw), demit, depart, discharge (dismiss), discontinue (abandon), dislodge, ebb, flee, leave (depart), part (leave), quit (discontinue), quit (evacuate), recess, rest (cease from action), retreat, secede, seclude, sequester (seclude), superannuate, supplant, withdraw

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


retire
v.
(1) To stop working and leave employment permanently, often after reaching the age when workers typically retire; to remove someone or something from active service.
(2) To leave a place; for a jury to leave the courtroom to deliberate.
n.
retirement

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


retire
v. Applying to drafts, to redeem by paying out a sum of money; to withdraw from the market by buying back; a voluntary leaving of public office, or other form of employment; a leaving the courtroom by the jury to consider the case, or by the judge to her chambers.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

retire
v.
   1) to stop working at one's occupation.
   2) to pay off a promissory note and thus "retire" the loan.
   3) for a jury to go into the jury room to decide on a verdict after all evi-dence, argument and jury instructions have been completed.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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