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alienation (transfer of title), assignment (transfer of ownership), cession, desuetude, devolution
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
nonretention
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nonretention — n. * * * … Universalium
nonretention — n. nonpossession, lack of retention, nonmaintenance … English contemporary dictionary
nonretention — non re•ten′tion n … From formal English to slang
nonretention — n … Useful english dictionary
alienation — I (estrangement) noun abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienatio, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, breach, break, deflection, disaffection, disfavor, disruption, division, enmity, execration, hostility, implacability,… … Law dictionary
assignment — as·sign·ment n 1: the act of assigning 2 a: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b: a task assigned 3: a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment: an assignment in which the transfer is complete and leaves the… … Law dictionary
devolution — de·vo·lu·tion /ˌde və lü shən, ˌdē / n: the transfer (as of rights, powers, property, or responsibility) to another Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. devolution … Law dictionary
nonretentive — adjective Not retentive. See Also: nonretention … Wiktionary
desuetude — de·sue·tude / de swi ˌtüd, ˌtyüd; di sü ə ˌtüd/ n [Latin desuetudo disuse, from desuescere to lose the habit of]: a doctrine holding that a statute may be abrogated because of its long disuse Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… … Law dictionary
cession — ces·sion / se shən/ n 1: an act of ceding: a yielding (as of property) to another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana: assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor b: transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer c:… … Law dictionary
