In old conveyancing. A release; an instrument by which a person relinquishes to another his right in anything. … [Read more...]

L. Latin: Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea waa withdrawn, it was called a "confession" or "cognovit actionem relictu verificetione." Wharton. … [Read more...]

In old Scotch practice. Letters passing the signet by which a debtor was relaxed [released] from the horn; that is, from personal diligence. Belt … [Read more...]

An increase of the land by the sudden retreat of the sea or a river. 2. Relicted lands arising from the sea and in navigable rivers, generally belong to the state and all relicted lands of unnavigable rivers generally belong to the proprietor of the estate to which such rivers act as boundaries. Schultes on Aqu. Rights, 138; Ang. on Tide Wat. 75. But this reliction must be from … [Read more...]

(A) Releases are of two kinds. 1. Such as give up, discharge, or abandon a right of action. 2. Such as convey a man's interest or right to another, who has possession of it, or some estate in the same. (B) contracts. A release is the giving or discharging of a right of action which a man has or may claim against another, or that which is his. 2. This kind of a release is … [Read more...]