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v

  1. To intentionally give up for all time an assertion or a claim of an interest in property or in a right or privilege.
  2. To repudiate, withdraw from, or otherwise disassociate oneself from a duty or responsibility.
  3. To intentionally fail to complete.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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