Definition of DISCLAIMER in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISCLAIMER
The repudiation or renunciation of a claim or power vested in a person or which he had formerly alleged to be his. The refusal, or rejection of an estate or right offered to a person. The disavowal, denial, or renunciation of an interest, right, or property imputed to a person or alleged to be his. Also the declaration, or the instrument, by which such disclaimer is published. Moores v. Clackamas County, 40 Or. 536, 67 P. 662.
Of Estate
The act by which a party refuses to accept an estate which has been conveyed to him. Thus, a trustee who releases to his fellow-trustees his estate, and relieves himself of the trust, is said to disclaim. Kentucky Union Co. v. Cornett, 112 Ky. 677, 66 S.W. 728.
A renunciation or a denial by a tenant of his landlord's title, either by refusing to pay rent, denying any obligation to pay, or by setting up a title in himself or a third person, and this is a distinct ground of forfeiture of the lease or other tenancy, whether of land or tithe. See 16 Ch. Div. 730.
In Patent Law
When the title and specifications of a patent do not agree, or when part of that which it covers is not strictly patentable, because neither new nor useful, the patentee is empowered, with leave of the court, to enter a disclaimer of any part of either the title or the specification, and the disclaimer is then deemed to be part of the letters patent or specification, so as to render them valid for the future. Permutit Co. v. Wadham, C.C.A. Mich., 15 F.2d 20, 21.
In Pleading
A renunciation by the defendant of all claim to the subject of the demand made by the plaintiff's bill. Wilson v. McCoy, 93 W.Va. 667, 117 S.E. 473, 475.
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