Legal Term: DISCLAIMER

Definition: estates. The act of a party by which be refuses to accept of an estate which has been conveyed to him. Vide Assent, Dissent. 2. It is said, that a disclaimer of a freehold estate must be in a court of record, because a freehold shall not be divested by bare words, in pais. Cruise, Dig. tit. 32, c. 2 6, s. 1, 2. 3. A disclaimer of tenancy is the act of a person in possession, who denies holding the estate from the person claiming to be the owner of it. 2 Nev. & M. 672. Vide 8 Vin.. Ab. 501, Coote, L. & T. 348, 375, F. N. B. 179 k, Bull. N. P. 96, 16 East, R. 99, 1 Man. & Gran. 135, S. C. 39 Eng. C. L. Rep. 380, 385, 10 B. & Cr. 816, ow, N. P. Cas. 180, 2 Nov. & Man. 673, 1 C. M. & R. 398 Co. Litt. 102, a.

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