Renounce
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TO RENOUNCE. To give up a right; for example, an executor may renounce the
right of administering the estate of the testator; a widow the right to
administer to her intestate husband's estate.
2. There are some rights which a person cannot renounce; as, for
example, to plead the act of limitation. Before a person can become a
citizen of the United States he must renounce all titles of nobility. Vide
Naturalization; To Repudiate.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.