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Extinguish

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

* To put out or quench: to destroy, annihilate; to pay in full, satisfy: as, to extinguish a debt, an estate, a right to rent, a right of way, the rights of a corporation.

Extingtushment

Whenever a right, title or interest is destroyed or taken away by the act of God, operation of law, or act of the party. 5 Extinguishing one debt by substituting another is always a question of intention.'

See Release; Merger, 1; Satisfy, 2.