renunciation

renunciation
re·nun·ci·a·tion /ri-ˌnən-sē-'ā-shən/ n: the act or practice of renouncing; specif: the act of refusing to continue to acknowledge, recognize, or be bound by a contract or obligation: repudiation

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

renunciation
I noun abandonment, abdicatio, abdication, abjuration, abnegation, cancellation, cession, declination, demission, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, disapprobation, disapproval, disavowal, disavowment, discard, disclaimer, discontinuance, disinheritance, dismissal, disownment, elimination, exclusion, forswearing, giving up, negation, omission, proscription, rebuff, recantation, refusal, reiectio, rejection, relinquishment, renouncement, reprobation, repudiatio, repudiation, repulsion, resignation, retraction, sacrifice, shutting out, spurning, swearing off, veto, waiver, withdrawal, yielding associated concepts: renunciation of a contract, renunciation of a will II index abandonment (repudiation), abdication, abjuration, ademption, cancellation, confutation, continence, declination, denial, desertion, disclaimer, disdain, expense (sacrifice), rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, rescision, resignation (relinquishment), retraction, reversal, waiver

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


renunciation
n.
The act of abandoning a claim or right; a document expressing abandonment of a claim or right; in criminal law, the affirmative defense of having abandoned criminal intent before committing a crime.
v.
renounce

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


renunciation
1) The act of forfeiting a right. For example, in wills and estates, if a beneficiary does not want to take an inheritance, the beneficiary can make a renunciation of that inheritance.
2) In criminal law, renunciation is abandoning a crime before it takes place.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

renunciation
On a rights issue, the act of renouncing or assigning the right to subscribe (when the shares are in nil paid form) or the right to be entered in the company's share register (when the shares are fully paid).
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Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.


renunciation
n. Abandonment of a right, whether open or tacit, without transferring it to someone else; in criminal law, the total voluntary abandonment of a criminal activity before it is committed with the purpose of foiling that activity.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


renunciation
The abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


renunciation
The abandonment of a right; repudiation; rejection.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

renunciation
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, or an attempt to stop other participants from going ahead with the crime. A defendant may use renunciation as evidence of his/her innocence. Once the crime is underway, any claimed renunciation is factually too late.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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