Legal Definition and Related Resources of Repudiation
Meaning of Repudiation
In Civil Law. A term used to signify the putting away of a wife or a woman betrothed. Properly, “divorced” is used to point out the separation of married persons; “repudiation,” to denote the separation either of married people, or those who are only affianced. Divortium est repudium et separatio maritorum; repudium est renunciatio sponsalium, vel etiam est divortium. Dig. 50. 16. 101. A determination to have nothing to, do with any particular thing; as, a repudiation of a legacy is the abandonment of such legacy, and a renunciation of all right to it, In Ecclesfastical Law. The refusal to accept a benefice which has been conferred upon the party repudiating.
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Synonyms of Repudiation
noun
- abjuration
- abolition
- abrogation
- annulment
- breach
- cancellation
- confutation
- contradiction
- counterorder
- countermand
- déclination
- defeasance
- defection
- denial
- deposition
- disaffirmation
- disagreement
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disclamation
- disproof
- disproval
- dissent
- dissociation
- exclusion
- forswearing
- negation
- nonobservance
- nullification
- recantation
- refusal
- refutation
- rejection
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repeal
- repellence
- repudiatio
- rescission
- retractation
- retraction
- reversal
- revocation
- setting aside
- veto
- voidance
- withdrawal Associated Concepts: repudiation of a contract
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Further Reading
Freud, Sigmund. (1918b [1914]). From the history of an infantile neurosis. SE, 17: 1-122.
Lacan, Jacques. (1966). Du sujet enfin en question. In his Écrits (pp. 73-92). Paris: Seuil.
Repudiation in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of repudiation.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
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