defeasance

defeasance
The clause of a mortgage intended to define the terms and conditions upon which the mortgage shall be satisfied, cease to be security for a debt, and become void. First Nat. Bank v Bain, 237 Ala 580, 188 So 64. More generally defined as a clause in a deed, lease, or other written instrument the legal effect of which is to defeat, cancel, or annul the instrument in whole or in part and thus wholly or partly to release the partied from obligations arising under it upon the happening or not happening of a condition subsequent. Escambia Land & Mfg. Co. v Ferry Pass Inspectors & Shippers Asso. 59 Fla 239, 52 So 715.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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