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Meaning of "defeasance" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEFEASANCE

From Old French, from desfaire to defeat.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFEASANCE

defeasance  [dɪˈfiːzəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFEASANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defeasance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFEASANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defeasance in the English dictionary

The first definition of defeasance in the dictionary is the act or process of rendering null and void; annulment. Other definition of defeasance is a condition, the fulfilment of which renders a deed void. Defeasance is also the document containing such a condition.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFEASANCE


brisance
ˈbriːzəns
cognisance
ˈkɒɡnɪzəns
cognizance
ˈkɒɡnɪzəns
complaisance
kəmˈpleɪzəns
counterfeisance
ˈkaʊntəˌfiːzəns
counterfesaunce
ˈkaʊntəˌfiːzəns
feasance
ˈfiːzəns
malfeasance
mælˈfiːzəns
misfeasance
mɪsˈfiːzəns
multipresence
ˌmʌltɪˈprɛzəns
nonfeasance
ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns
omnipresence
ˈɒmnɪˈprɛzəns
pleasance
ˈplɛzəns
Pleasence
ˈplɛzəns
presence
ˈprɛzəns
recognizance
rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns
recusance
ˈrɛkjʊˌzəns
suffisance
ˈsʌfɪzəns
telepresence
ˈtɛlɪˌprɛzəns
usance
ˈjuːzəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFEASANCE

defaulting
defeasibility
defeasible
defeasibleness
defeat
defeated
defeater
Defeaticrat
defeatism
defeatist
defeature
defecate
defecation
defecator
defect
defectibility
defectible
defection
defectionist
defective

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFEASANCE

advance
chevisance
conversance
displeasance
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
impuissance
incognisance
menaissance
nuisance
obeisance
photoreconnaissance
public nuisance
puissance
recognisance
reconnaissance
reconnoissance
renaissance
the Early Renaissance
the High Renaissance
the Renaissance

Synonyms and antonyms of defeasance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defeasance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFEASANCE

Find out the translation of defeasance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defeasance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defeasance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废止
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

La remoción
570 millions of speakers

English

defeasance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रद्द करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

defeasance
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аннулирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defeasance
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতিলকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annulation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekalahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

defeasance
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ディフィーザンス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

defeasance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekalahan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bai bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defeasance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पराभूत करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fesih
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dismissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

defeasance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

анулювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defeasance
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντέγγραφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afschaffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defeasance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defeasance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defeasance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFEASANCE»

The term «defeasance» is regularly used and occupies the 92.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFEASANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defeasance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defeasance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defeasance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFEASANCE»

Discover the use of defeasance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defeasance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CCH Accounting for Financial Assets and Liabilities: Sales, ...
transactions entered into before January 1, 1997, continue to be grandfathered under pre-Statement 125 requirements. Question: Statement 125 grandfathered in-substance defeasance transactions entered into before January 1, 1997.
John E. Stewart, James F. Green (CPA.), James F. Green, 2006
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A systematic arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of ...
r-.vecn inheritances executed, and inheritances executory ; (123)* as bads executed by livery, &c. cannot by indenture of defeasance be defeated afterwards . And so, if a disseisee release (л) a disseisor, it cannot be defeated by in- deaturts of ...
Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Charles Butler, 1827
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The Touchstone of Common Assurances: Or, A Plain and ...
another deed ot defeasance made ac the time, a teoffment, release, lease for life, or other executed thing, may be avoided, as well as if it were by condition within the lame deed: as if a disseisee release to the disseisor, this telease cannot be ...
William Sheppard, Edward Hilliard, 1785
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The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
A defeasance on a bond, recognisance, or judgment recovered, or warrant of attorney, is a condition which, when performed, defeats that in the same manner as the foregoing defeasance of en estate. It differs only from the common condition ...
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger, 1835
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A Complete Body of Conveyancing: In Theory and Practice
And therefore by such a defeasance, not only. the covenant which create! a power of revocation, but the power itself created, may be utterly defeated and avoided : but estates of inheritance, and other estates in tail or for life, executed by livery, ...
Edward Wood, John Joseph Powell, 1792
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English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381: A ...
1356 was that creditors increased their usage of penal bond with separate defeasance but were reluctant to adopt the form of instrument clearly allowed by that case. The endorsed defeasance was a superior arrangement for the debtor. With a ...
Robert C. Palmer, 2001
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The Law Library
And yet if a statute be made to the husband and wife, and the husband alone, [ having acquired the right by marriage,] join in the making of a defeasance, this is a good defeasance. — (Bro. Defeasance, 5.) 4. That it be made after, [or at the ...
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The Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Judicially ...
DEFEASANCE.— "'Defeasance? Defeisantia, is fetched from the French word defaire, i.e. to defeat or undoe " (Co. Litt. 236 h). " A Defeasance is a Condition relating to a deed, or to an obligation, recognizance, statute or the like, which being ...
Frederick Stroud, 1890
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A Compleat Body of Conveyancing: In Theory and Practice ...
of a Rent-charge grants to his Grantor, that if he shall Law, and such like, may by a Defeasance made with the mutual Consent of all those that were Parties to the Creation of it, by Deed be discharged and avoided. Mbil esi. tom con-venient ...
Edward Wood (conveyancer), John Salthouse, 1770
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An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From ...
I. What is a defeasance, p. 474. II. HOW IT SHOULD BE PERFORMED, AND THE PERFORMANCE PLEADED, p. 475. [See also ante, tils. Bond and Condition.] I. What is a defeasance. 1. A defeasance is but a conditional release. 2 Saund. 48.
Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes, 1832

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFEASANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defeasance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kroll Bond Rating Agency Releases Monthly Newsletter: CMBS …
We also raised two ratings from one transaction following the defeasance of its 9th largest loan. The three-month rolling average KLTV fell for ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Chatham Financial Offers Enhanced Defeasance Solutions
Chatham Financial, an independent full-service advisory and technology solutions provider, has unveiled an enhanced suite of defeasance ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
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The Role of Defeasance in Real Estate Finance
Defeasance is now a common feature of real estate finance, allowing a borrower to effectively prepay a loan that is not by its terms prepayable. «New York Law Journal, Jul 15»
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First Circuit holds mortgagor cannot sue mortgagee to quiet title in …
... estate by virtue of the grant of the mortgage deed but also obtains legal title to the property subject to defeasance upon payment of the debt. «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Fitch Upgrades 4 Classes of BACM 2003-2
The upgrades are due to significant defeasance and high credit enhancement as well as the expected continued delivering of the transaction ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Fitch Takes Various Rating Actions on Mass HEFA Revs, Baystate …
... is extended; (b) conversion to a mode other than a weekly or daily rate; (c) any prior termination of the LOC; and (d) defeasance of the bonds. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Borrowers: Important considerations for debt capital decisions in …
Conduit loans offer defeasance as a form of prepayment, which means substituting an alternative security instrument to real estate, US ... «REjournals.com, Jun 15»
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Moody's: BSCMS 2007-PWR15 Ratings Unaffected by the Proposed …
The proposed defeasance will become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in the governing documents. Moody's ... «Moodys.com, Jun 15»
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Fitch to Rate Illinois Finance Authority VRDBs (Little Co. of Mary …
... date is extended; (b) conversion to a mode other than weekly or daily; (c) any prior termination of the LOCs; and (d) defeasance of the bonds. «Business Wire, Jun 15»
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Moody's reviews defeasance of Tacoma Housing Auth., WA …
New York, June 26, 2015 -- At the request of Tacoma Housing Authority, WA, we have reviewed the planned defeasance of the Authority's ... «Moodys.com, Jun 15»

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