Determination
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The decision of a court of justice. The end, the conclusion, of a right of authority; as, the determination of a lease.
Comyn, Dig. "Estates by Grant" (G 10, 11, 12).
The determination of an authority is the end of the authority given; the end of the return-day of a writ determines the authorty of the sheriflf; the death of the principal determines the authority of a mere attorney.