Defeasance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rendering void; an annulment.
  • n. The voiding of a contract or deed.
  • n. A clause within a contract or deed providing for annulment.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
  • n. The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A defeat; an overthrow.
  • n. A rendering null or void.
  • n. A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An undoing; ruin; defeat; overthrow.
  • n. A rendering null and void.
  • n. In law, a condition relating to a deed or other instrument, on performance of which the instrument is to be defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed (in full, a deed of defeasance), made at the same time with a conveyance, containing conditions on the performance of which the estate created may be defeated.
    • Word Usage
    "The Bush administration argues that the transit systems never get their hands on any funds because of defeasance."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    defeat    overthrow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    malfeasance   
     
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