To Renounce
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
to give up a right: for example, an executor may renounce the nght of administering the estate of the testator; a widow the right to administer to her intestate husband’s estate. There are some rights which a person cannot renounce; as, for example, to plead the act of limitation. Before a person can become a citizen of the United States, he must renounce all titles of nobility. Vide Naturalization.
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