repudiation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 297 U.S. 672 - New York Life Ins Co v. Viglas · 1936Most cited · 350 citing opinions
Repudiation there was none as the term is known to the law. Petitioner did not disclaim the intention or the duty to shape its conduct in accordance with the provisions of the contract. Far from repudiating those provisions, it appealed to their authority and endeavored to apply them.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Civil Law. A term used to signify the putting away of a wife or a woman betrothed. Properly, "divorced" is used to point out the separation of married persons; "repudiation," to denote the separation either of married people, or those who are only affianced. Divortium est repudium et separatio maritorum; repudium est renunciatio sponsalium, vel etiam est divortium. Dig. 50. 16. 101. A determination to have nothing to do with any particular thing; as, a repudiation of a legacy is the abandonment of such legacy, and a renunciation of all right to it. In Ecclesiastical Law. The refusal to accept a benefice which has been conferred upon the party repudiating.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. A term used to signify the putting away of a wife or a woman betrothed. Properly, divorce is used to point out the separation of married persons; repudiation, to denote the separation either of married people, or those who are only affianced. Divortium eat repudium et A determination to have nothing to do with any particular thing; as, a repudiation of a legacy is the abandonment of such legacy, and a renunciation of all right to it. In Ecclesiastical Law. The refusal to accept a benefice which has been conferred upon the party repudiating. As to repudiation of a contract before the time of performance, see Election of Rights and Remedies; Performance.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Rejection; disclaimer; renunciation; the rejection or refusal of an offered or available right or privilege or of a duty or relation. See Iowa State Sav. Bank v. Black, 91 Iowa, 490, 59 N. W. 283; Daley v. Saving Ass'n, 178 Mass. 13, 59 N. E. 452. The refusal on the part of a state or government to pay its debts, or its declaration that its obligations, previously contracted, are no longer regarded by it as of binding force.
In the civil law. The casting off or putting away of a woman betrothed; also, but less usually, of a wife; divorcement.
In ecolesiastical law. The refusal to accept a benefice which has been cohferred upon the party repudlating.