extinguishment 音標拼音: [ɪkst'ɪŋgwɪʃmənt]
n . 熄滅;絕滅
熄滅;絕滅
Extinguishment \
Ex *
tin "
guish *
ment \,
n .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation . --
Abbott .
[
1913 Webster ]
EXTINGUISHMENT ,
contracts .
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 .
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