EXONERATION

The removal of a bur• den, charge, or duty. Particularly, the act of relieving a person or estate from a charge or llablUty by casting the same upon another person or estate. Louisvllle & N. R. Co. v. Oomm., 114, Ky, 787, 71 S. W. 916; Bannon Y, Burnes (C. C.) 39 Fed. 898. A right or equity which exists between BLLA.W DICT.(2D ED.)--30 [s. 471]