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| Noun | 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.[Websters]
2. The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.[Websters]. | |
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Date "EXTINGUISHMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1804. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXTINGUISHMENT
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| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The act of putting out or quenching; extinction; suppression; destruction; as the extinguishment of fire or flame; of discord, enmity or jealousy; or of love or affection.. | 2: [Noun] Abolition; nullification. Divine laws of christian church policy may not be altered by extinguishment.. | 3: [Noun] Extinction; a putting an end to, or a coming to an end; termination; as the extinguishment of a race or tribe.. | 4: [Noun] The putting an end to a right or estate, by consolidation or union. If my tenant for life makes a lease to A for life, remainder to B and his heirs, and I release to A; this release operates as an extinguishment of my right to the reversion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Environment | To render legally nonexistent; to destroy or render void; to nullify; to void, as by payment, treaty, setoff, or limitation of actions, merger of an interest in a great one, etc. Extinguishment is distinguished from the mere transfer, passing, or suspension of a right or obligation. (references) | ||
| Law | EXTINGUISHMENT, contracts. 1. The destruction of a right or contract - the act by which a contract is made void. 2. Art extinguishment may be by matter of fact and by matter of law. 1. It is by matter of fact either express, as when one receives satisfaction and full payment of a debt, and the creditor releases the debtor 11 John. 513'; or implied, as when a person hath a yearly rent out of, lands and becomes owner either by descent or purchase, of the estate subject to the payment of the rent, the latter is extinguished 3 Stew. 60; but the person must have as high an estate in the land as in the rent, or the rent will not be extinct. Co. Litt. 147. See Merger. 3. There are numerous cases where the claim is extinguished b operation of law; for example, where two persons are jointly, but not severally liable, for a simple contract debt, a judgment obtained against one is at common law an extinguishment of the claim on the other debtor. Pet. C. C. 301; see 2 John. 213. Vide, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; 2 Root, 492; 3 Conn. 62; 1 Hamm. 187; 11 John. 513; 4 Conn. 428; 6 Conn. 373; 1 Halst. 190 4 N. H. Rep. 251 Co. Litt. 147 b; 1 Roll. Ab. 933 7 Vin. Ab. 367; 11 Vin. Ab. 461; 18 Vin. Ab. 493 to 515 3 Nels. Ab. 818; 14 Serg. & Rawle, 209; Bac. Ab. h.t.; 5 Whart. R. 541. Vide Discharge of a Debt. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. (references) | 2: [Noun] The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: EXTINGUISHMENT
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| Principle of fire extinguishment | Public Administration | The principle of controlling a fire by limiting the fuel or oxygen or heat through neutralization methods that aim at: starvation or diminishing the fuel, e. g. By turning off the supply of gas at the source, smothering or withholding oxygen and air or cooling, lowering the temperature of the burning mass to a point below its ignition point. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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