Released, or liberated from custody. It is not equivalent to acquitted in a declaration for a malicious prosecution … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning Discretion is to discern through law what is just. … [Read more...]

To disassociate, refuse or to deny one's own claim or a right. For example, if a relative leaves a beneficiary a pet, the beneficiary can refuse or disclaim the right to receive the pet. See also disclaimer regarding the sales of goods. … [Read more...]

(A) practice. When it is said that something is left to the discretion of a judge, it signifies that he ought to decide according to the rules of equity, and the nature of circumstances. 2. The discretion of a judge is said to be the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the … [Read more...]

(1) A refusal, the denial of one's own claim or right. (2) A clause in a contractual agreement that a party specifically states it does not claim or represent, for example, the seller may disclaim that any representations regarding fitness of the item have been made. (3) (A) This word signifies. to abandon, to renounce; also the act by which the renunciation is made. For … [Read more...]