Expiration
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Cessation; end; as, the expiration of a lease, of a contract or statute. It ordinarily implies termination by the running of an express limitation as to time, but has been used to signify termination in any manner.
Plowd. 198a.