RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE

Also commonly abbreviated as released ROR, when a person is released at a bail hearing upon their pledge to return to appear and answer in court at a later date, without the imposition of bail. … [Read more...] about RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE

Words used to announce the payment of a debt or a judgment and the release of the debtor or defendant by the creditor or plaintiff without further liability. … [Read more...] about RELEASE AND SATISFACTION

(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...] about RELEASE

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...] about RELAXATION

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