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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

n. One who is free from 11a-bllity to military service; as distinguished from a Retail, who is one belonging to the army, but detached or set apart for the time to some particular duty or service, and liable, at any time, to be recalled to his place in the ranks. In re Strawbridge, 39 Ala. 379.

v. To relieve, excuse or set free from a duty or service imposed upon the general class to which the individual exempted belongs; as to exempt from militia service. See 1 St at Large, 272. To relieve certain classes of property from llabillty to sale on execution.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To relieve from some service or duty to which others are subject

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

v. To relieve, excuse, or set free from a duty or service imposed upon the general class to which the individual exempted belongs; as to exempt from militia seryice. See 1 St. at Large, 272. To relieve certain classes of property from liability to sale on execution.