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release definition - legal

n

  1. Freeing from an obligation or commitment.
  2. Liberating one from a duty or claim that she could have been held legally liable for.
  3. Surrendering of a right or title.
  4. A written permission to publish or to quote in print, given to a newspaper or book publisher by the quoteÂ’s legal owner.
  5. A discharge from custody, confinement, or imprisonment, whether with certain provisos or unconditionally.

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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