Discharge
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To free from a charge or load; to remove; to satisfy or pay; to set free, dismiss, or absolve; to carry on or perform. The term has many applications, the principal being: Of Cargo. The unloading of a cargo from a ship.
5 Wall. (U, S.) 557.
Of Debt or Obligation. Full and final release from and termination of the obligation in whatever manner; a receipt or other instrument acting as a discharge.
147 Mass. 585.
Of Prisoner. The setting at liberty of one held in confinement under process of law.
68 Mich. 331.
Of Jury. The dismissal of a jury when, for any cause, the rendition of a verdict becomes impossible.