extinguishment
61remission — re·mis·sion /ri mi shən/ n: the act or process of remitting Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. remission I …
62elimination — I noun abatement, abolition, annihilation, cancellation, curtailment, depletion, destruction, discardment, discharge, disposal, disposition, disqualification, dissolution, ejection, emptying, end, eradication, evulsion, exclusion, excretion,… …
63discharge — (1) The action of releasing a lien or the document in which the creditor relinquishes a lien. Also known as a satisfaction, a release, a reconveyance, or an extinguishment. However, release tends to be used in connection with both real and… …
64peremption — pe·remp·tion /pə remp shən/ n [Late Latin peremption peremptio, the act of quashing, from Latin perimere to take away entirely, destroy, kill] in the civil law of Louisiana: the absolute extinguishment of a right that prevents the bringing of an… …
65extinction — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Extinguishment] Syn. quenching, drowning, putting out, blotting out, darkening, snuffing, turning out, turning off, smothering, stifling, dousing. 2. [Annihilation] Syn. abolition, extermination, extirpation, dying out; see… …
66annihilation — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. demolition. see destruction II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter destruction: eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration. See CRIMES, HELP, MAKE. 2. An often… …
67Inexistence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inexistence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inexistence inexistence Sgm: N 1 nonexistence nonexistence nonsubsistence Sgm: N 1 nonentity nonentity nil Sgm: N 1 negativeness negativeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N …
68merger — The fusion or absorption of one thing or right into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the subjects is of less dignity or importance than the other. Here the less important ceases to have an independent existence. Contract law. The… …
69merger — The fusion or absorption of one thing or right into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the subjects is of less dignity or importance than the other. Here the less important ceases to have an independent existence. Contract law. The… …
70release — I To discharge a claim one has against another, as for example in a tort case the plaintiff may discharge the liability of the defendant in return for a cash settlement. To lease again or grant new lease. See accord and satisfaction II A writing… …
