See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, See also:

• MODERN

modern decharge, from a med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and See also:

• EARN

earn care, to load, cf. " See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge ")  , a word meaning See also:

• RELIEF

relief from a load or See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden, hence applied to the unloading of a See also:

• SHIP

ship, the firing of a weapon, the passage of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity from an electrified See also:

• BODY

body, the issue from a See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound, &c . From the sense of relief from an See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation, " See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge " is also applied to the See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release of a soldier or sailor from military or See also:

• NAVAL

naval service, or of the See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew of a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, or to the dismissal from an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office or situation . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, it is used of a document or other See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that can be accepted as See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the release from an obligation, as of a See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt, on See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

• MONEY

money due . Similarly it is applied to the release in accordance with law of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in custody on a criminal See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, and to the legal release of a bankrupt from further liability for debts provable in the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy except those incurred by See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud or debts to the See also:

• CROWN

crown . It is also applied to the reversal of an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce, where the See also:

• RULE

rule nisi is not made See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute, the rule is said to be discharged .