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2. Verb. (third-person singular of release) ¹

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Definition of Releases

1. release [v] - See also: release

Lexicographical Neighbors of Releases

Literary usage of Releases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"So, if he releases to him who has the reversion or remainder in deed of the same land, though he has not (he freehold ; as, ..."

2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"releases of all the right which which a man hath in lands or tenements, J and releases of action* men have in lands and tenements, $c. are commonly made in ..."

3. Littleton's Tenures in English by Thomas Littleton, Eugene Wambaugh (1903)
"releases. § 444. releases are in divers manners, viz. releases of all the right which a man hath in lands or tenements,1 and releases of actions personals ..."

4. Littleton's Tenures in English by Thomas Littleton, Eugene Wambaugh (1903)
"releases. § 444. releases are in divers manners, viz. releases of all the right which a man hath in lands or tenements,1 and releases of actions personals ..."

5. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"As to their effect, releases 1st, acquit the releasee : and 2dly, ... releases of land are, in respect of their operation, divided into four sorts. 1. ..."

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