Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    To relinquish title or interest; to surrender or give up. See 44 Mass. 257.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    To desert, surrender, relinquish, give up or cede. See Abandonment.