Discharged

DISCHARGED. Released, or liberated from custody. It is not equivalent to acquitted in a declaration for a malicious prosecution. 2 Yeates, 475 2 Term Rep. 231; 1 Strange, 114; Doug. 205 3 Leon. 100.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

Mentioned in

"at will" employment
Abandonment for torts
absolute discharge
Acceptor
accord and satisfaction
acquit
Affection
Allowance to a prisoner
bad debt
Bailable action
balance sheet test
Bankrupt
bankruptcy
bankruptcy and debts due
bankruptcy proceedings
Capias pro fine
Carter, Robert Lee
cessio bonorum
civil imprisonment

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