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Remise

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

RELEASE, AND QUITCLAIM. The ordinary effective words in a release. These words are, in this country, sufficient to pass the estate in a primary conveyance. 7 Conn. 250; 24 N. H. 460; 21 Ala. (N. S.) 125; 7 N. Y. 422. "Remise" is a French word synonymous with "release." See "Quitclaim." REMISSION (Lat. re, back, mitto, to send). granted to the debtor by a creditor having a capacity to alienate; or tacit, when the creditor voluntarily surrenders to his debtor the original title, under private signature, constituting the obligation. Civ. Code La. art. 2195. Forgiveness or pardon of an offense. It has the effect of putting back the offender into the same situation he was before the commission of the_ offense. Remission is generally granted in cases where the offense was involuntary, or committed in self-defense. Poth Prcc. Civ. sec. 7, art. 2, §2. At Common Law. The act by which a forfeiture or penalty is forgiven. 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 246. REMISSIUS IMPERANTI MELIUS PAREtur. A man commanding not too strictly is better obeyed. 3 Inst. 233.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To remit or give up. A formal word in deeds of release and quitclaim; the usual phrase being "remise, release, and forever quitclaim." See American Mortg. Ch v. Hutchinson, 19 Or. 334, 24 Pan. 515; McAnaw v. Tiffin, 143 Mo. 667, 45 S. W. 656; Lynch v. Livingston, 6 N. Y. 484.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

To return; to surrender. It is nearly interchangeable with the verb release; and the two words, remise and release, are often conjoined in conveyancing.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

is a French word, which literally means a surrendering or returning a debt or duty. It is frequently used in this sense in re- in leases; as, ‘‘remise, release and forever quit-claim.”’