To give up a right; for example, an executor may renounce the right of administering the estate of the testator; a widow the right to administer to her intestate husband's estate. 2. There are some rights which a person cannot renounce; as, for example, to plead the act of limitation. Before a person can become a citizen of the United States he must renounce all titles of … [Read more...]

In English practice. Refusing to take upon one's self the office of executor or executrix. Refusing to take out probate under a will wherein one has been appointed executor or executrix. Holthonse. … [Read more...]

Latin: In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Anib. 13L … [Read more...]

estates, contracts. A certain profit in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in retribution for the use. 2. A rent somewhat resembles an annuity, their difference consists in the fact that the former issues out of lands, and the latter is a mere personal charge. 3. At common law there were three kinds of rents; namely, rent-service, … [Read more...]

practice. When a suit or cause is removed out of one court into another, which is effected by writ of error, certiorari, and the like. 11 Co.41. … [Read more...]