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a) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
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Extinguishment — is the destruction of a right or contract. Rawle, Francis; Bouvier, John. (1914) Bouvier s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia [http://books.google.com/books?id=0mo8AAAAIAAJ pg=PA1167 lpg=PA1167 dq=Extinguishment+law source=web ots=JDmnkM1JMr … Wikipedia
extinguishment — index abolition, death, demise (death), deterrence, dissolution (termination), end (termination … Law dictionary
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extinguishment — The destruction or cancellation of a right, power, contract, or estate. The annihilation of a collateral thing or subject in the subject itself out of which it is derived. See cancellation. Extinguishment is sometimes confounded with merger,… … Black's law dictionary
extinguishment — The destruction or cancellation of a right, power, contract, or estate. The annihilation of a collateral thing or subject in the subject itself out of which it is derived. See cancellation. Extinguishment is sometimes confounded with merger,… … Black's law dictionary
extinguishment — extinguish ► VERB 1) put out (a fire or light). 2) put an end to. 3) cancel (a debt) by full payment. 4) Law render (a right or obligation) void. DERIVATIVES extinguishable adjective extinguisher noun extinguishment noun … English terms dictionary
extinguishment — shmənt noun ( s) : the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished : extinction the extinguishment of the Indians rights to lands D.E.Clark … Useful english dictionary
extinguishment of claim — index amortization Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
extinguishment — noun see extinguish … New Collegiate Dictionary
extinguishment — See extinguishable. * * * … Universalium
