defeasance

[ dih-fee-zuhns ]
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nounLaw.
  1. a rendering null and void.

  2. a condition on the performance of which a deed or other instrument is defeated or rendered void.

  1. a collateral deed or other writing embodying such a condition.

Origin of defeasance

1
1400–50; late Middle English defesance<Anglo-French defesaunce,Old French defesance, equivalent to desfes- (past participle stem of desfaire to undo; see defeat) + -ance-ance

Other words from defeasance

  • non·de·fea·sance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for defeasance

defeasance

/ (dɪˈfiːzəns) /


nounmainly law
  1. the act or process of rendering null and void; annulment

    • a condition, the fulfilment of which renders a deed void

    • the document containing such a condition

Origin of defeasance

1
C14: from Old French, from desfaire to defeat

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