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Webster 1913 Edition

Extinguishment

Ex-tin′guish-ment

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Noun.
1.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification;
as, the
extinguishment
of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection
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2.
(Law)
The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Extinguishment

EXTIN'GUISHMENT

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Noun.
The act of putting out or quenching; extinction; suppression; destruction; as the extinguishment of fire or flame; of discord, enmity or jealousy; or of love or affection.
1.
Abolition; nullification.
Divine laws of christian church policy may not be altered by extinguishment.
2.
Extinction; a putting an end to, or a coming to an end; termination; as the extinguishment of a race or tribe.
3.
The putting an end to a right or estate, by consolidation or union.
If my tenant for life makes a lease to A for life, remainder to B and his heirs, and I release to A; this release operates as an extinguishment of my right to the reversion.

Definition 2024

extinguishment

extinguishment

English

Noun

extinguishment ‎(plural extinguishments)

  1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
    • 1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre
      […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]
  2. (law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

References

  • extinguishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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