Legal Definition and Related Resources of Discharge

n. An instrument by which the binding force of a contract is terminated. In the law of bankruptcy , a discharge is the proceeding by which a bankrupt person is freed from all his debts which were or might be proved in the proceedings and enabling him to acquire property without its being vested in the trustee in bankruptcy . See Luikart v Jones, 293 N. W. 346, 138 Neb. 472.

To free from a charge or load; to remove; to satisfy or pay; to set free, dismiss, or absolve; to carry on or perform. The term has many applications, the principal being: Of Cargo. The unloading of a cargo from a ship. 5 Wall. (U, S.) 557. Of Debt or Obligation. Full and final release from and termination of the obligation in whatever manner; a receipt or other instrument acting as a discharge. 147 Mass. 585. Of Prisoner. The setting at liberty of one held in confinement under process of law. 68 Mich. 331. Of Jury. The dismissal of a jury when, for any cause, the rendition of a verdict becomes impossible.

( Release from obligation ), noun

• abolition
• abrogation
• absolution
• acquittal
• cancellation
• defeasance
• deliverance
• delivery
• dismissal
• dispensation
• emancipation
• exception
• exculpation
• excuse
• exemption
• exoneration
• extrication
• invalidation
• loosing
• nullification
• pardon
• repeal
• reprieve
• rescission
• revocation
• voidance

(Annulment), noun

• abolishment
• abolition
• abrogation
• canceling
• cancellation
• cessation
• defeasance
• discontinuance
• dissolution
• invalidation
• negation
• nullification
• recall
• repeal
• repudiation
• rescission
• retractation
• reversal
• revocation
• voidance

(Dismiss), verb

• cashiercast
• cast loose
• depose
• deprive of office
• dimittere
• disbar
• discard
• disemploy
• displace
• drop
• eject
• exclude
• expel
• fire
• get rid of
• give notice
• impeach
• let go
• let loose
• missum facere
• put on the retired list
• release
• relieve
• remove
• remove from office
• replace
• retire
• shut out
• strike off the roll
• suspend
• throw out
• turn loose
• turn out
• unseat
• Associated Concepts: discharged for cause
• lawfully discharged
• reinstatement

(Dismissal), noun

• dimissio
• displacement
• ejection
• elimination
• eviction
• expulsion
• firing
• ouster
• ousting
• removal
• removal from employment
• replacement
• unseating Associated Concepts: cause for discharge
• conditional discharge
• discharge from army
• discharge from employment
• discharge of employee
• discriminatory discharge
• improper discharge

(Liberate), verb

• absolve
• acquit
• bail out
• clear
• deliver
• emancipate
• exculpate
• excuse
• exonerate
• extricate
• forgive
• free
• let go
• let loose
• let out
• let out of prison
• loose
• pardon
• parole
• purge
• release
• relieve
• render free
• set at liberty
• set free
• turn loose
• Associated Concepts: discharge from imprisonment
• discharge from prison

(Liberation), noun

• absolution
• acquittal
• clearance
• deliverance
• disenthrallment
• emancipation
• exculpation
• exemption
• exoneration
• extrication
• legal release from confinement
• loosing
• release
• release from custody
• reprieve
• salvation
• setting free

(Pay a debt), verb

• adjust
• amortize
• clear
• hand over
• honor
• liquidate
• make reparation
• make restitution
• meet
• pay in full
• pay off
• pay up
• recompense
• redeem
• refund
• repay
• satisfy
• satisfy in full
• settle
• settle accounts
• square accounts
• strike a balance
• take up Associated Concepts: discharge from obligation

(Payment), noun

• acquitment
• acquittal
• acquittance
• amortization
• amortizement
• annulment of debt
• clearance
• compensation
• defrayal
• defrayment
• full satisfaction
• liquidation
• paying off
• recompense
• redemption
• refund
• reimbursement
• remittance
• reparation
• repayment
• restitution
• retirement of a debt
• return
• satisfaction
• settlement
• settlement on account

(Perform), verb

• accomplish
• achieve
• act on
• adjust
• administer
• attain
• bring about
• bring to pass
• carry into effect
• carry into execution
• carry out
• carry through
• complete
• comply
• concern oneself with
• conclude
• consummate
• culminate
• devote oneself to
• dispatch
• dispose of
• do
• effect
• effectuate
• enforce
• execute
• fulfill
• go about
• go through with
• implement
• munus obire
• proceed with
• produce
• realize
• render
• resolve
• succeed
• transact Associated Concepts: properly discharge one’s responsibilities

(Performance), noun

• accomplishment
• achievement
• attainment
• carrying through
• commission
• completion
• conclusion
• consummation
• culmination
• dispatch
• effectuation
• enforcement
• execution
• fruition
• fulfillment
• implementation
• observance
• perpetration
• production
• realization
• termination
• Associated Concepts: discharge of duty
• faithful discharge of official duties

(Release from obligation), verb

• abolish
• abrogate
• absolve
• annul
• cancel
• declare null and void
• discontinue
• dismiss
• dissolve
• excuse
• exempt
• exonerate
• forgive
• invalidate
• make void
• nullify
• quash
• recall
• relieve
• relieve of responsibility
• remove
• render void
• repeal
• rescind
• retract
• reverse
• revoke
• set aside
• Associated Concepts: discharge of a deb
  t foreign phrases: Eodem modo quo oritur
• eodem modo dissolvitur
• It is discharged in the same manner in which it was created

(Shoot), verb

• blast
• burst
• deliver a charge
• detonate
• emit
• expel
• explode
• fire
• fire at
• fulminate
• ignite
• launch
• mittere
• open fire
• send forth
• Associated Concepts: discharge of a weapon

(Shot), noun

• blast
• blasting
• bombardment
• burst
• coniectio
• coniectus
• crash
• detonation
• emanation
• emissio
• emmission
• explosion
• firing
• firing a charge
• flare
• flash
• fulguration
• fulmination
• fusillade
• igniting
• salvo
• spray
• volley

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• Pena desviada (en casos de estupefacientes)
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• Liberar
• Cumplimiento de una obligaciÖn
• Liberación de una obligación o carga
• Terminación de una relación contractual
• Absolución de un procesado
• Revocación de una sentencia u otra providencia judicial.
• Disolución de un jurado
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Discharge in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of discharge.

Meaning of Discharge (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of discharge (to) into Spanish: poner en libertad (a un preso), dejar en libertad (a un imputado o procesado); absolute discharge: liberación sin condiciones; conditional discharge: liberación condicional; to discharge a jury: disolver un jurado[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where discharge (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Discharge (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• discharge in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• discharge in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Discharge

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Discharge :

Release from an obligation, debt, or liability, particularly the following.

1. *Discharge of contract.

2. The release of a debtor from all *provable debts (with minor exceptions) at the end of *bankruptcy proceedings. In certain circumstances discharge is automatic. In other cases, the debtor or the official receiver may apply to the court for an order of discharge. This may be subject to conditions, such as further payments by the debtor to his creditors out of his future income, or it may be suspended until the creditors receive a higher proportion of the amount due to them. After discharge the debtor is freed from most of the disabilities to which he was subject as an *undischarged bankrupt.

3. The release of a convicted defendant without imposing a punishment on him. A discharge may be absolute or conditional. In an absolute discharge the defendant is not punished for the offence. His conviction may, however, be accompanied by a *compensation order or by *endorsement of his driving licence or *disqualification from driving. A conditional discharge also releases the defendant without punishment, provided that he is not convicted of any other offence within a specified period (usually three years). If he is convicted within that time, the court may sentence him for the original offence as well. Three conditions are required for the court to order a discharge: (1) that a community rehabilitation order is not appropriate; (2) that the punishment for the offence must not be fixed by law; and (3) that the court thinks it inadvisable to punish the defendant in the circumstances.

Discharge in the context of Real Property

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Discharge in the context of Real Property

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