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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go,
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Lat. relaxare)
  , freedom or deliverance from trouble, pain or sorrow, the freeing or discharge from some
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obligation or debt, the
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action of letting go or releasing something fixed or set in position . In law, the
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term is applied to the discharge of some obligation, by which it is extinguished (see DEBT), and to the
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conveyance of an estate or
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interest in real or
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personal
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property to one who has already some estate or interest therein . For the
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special form of
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conveyancing known as " lease and release," see CONVEYANCING .

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