Acceptilation — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In civil law. A release made by a creditor to his debtor of his debt, without receiving any consideration. Ayliflfe, Pand. tit. 26, p. 570. It is a species of donation, but not subject to the forms of the latter, and is valid unless in fraud of creditors. Merlin, Repert.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil and Scotch law. A release made by a creditor to his debtor of his debt, without receiving any consideration. AyL Pand. tit. 26, p. 570. It is a species of donation, but not subject to the forms of the latter, and is valid unless in fraud of creditors. Merl. Repert. The verbal extinction of a verbal contract, with a declaration that the debt has been paid when it has not; or the acceptance of something merely imaginary in satisfaction of a verbal contract Sandars' Just Inst (5th Ed.) 386.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil and Seoteh law. A release made by a creditor to his d-btor of his debt, without reeciving any consideration. Ayl. Pand. tit. 26, p.570. It is a species of donation, but not subject to the forms of the latter, and is valid unless in fraud of creditors. Merl. Repert. The verhal extinction of a verbal contract, with a declaration that the debt has been paid when it has not; or the acceptance of something merely imaginary in satisfaction of a verbal contract. sanders’ Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 386.