discission (disishon)

[ So gentle Venus to Mercurius dares Descend, and finds an easy intromi ion, Casts ope that azur curtain by a swift disci ion . Dr. H. More, Psych a than asia, III. iii. 48. Disci ion of cataract, an operation for cataract in the young. A needle is introduced into the lens, breaking it up somewhat and allowing acce of the aqueous humor The most perfect, who have their pa ions in the best discipline . consequence absorbed. disclaim L. dis- priv. + clamare, cry out, claim: see disand claim1.1 I. trans. 1. To deny or relinquish all claim to; reject as not belonging to one's self; renounce: as, he disclaims any right to interfere in the affairs of his neighbor; he dis claims all pretension to military skill. Here I disclaim all my paternal care. Shak., Lear, i. 1. Is it for us to disclaim the praise, so grateful, so just, which the two eminent gentlemen have bestowed on our Bench and our law? R. Choate, Addre es, p. 371. 2. To deny responsibility for or approval of; disavow; disown; deny. He calls the gods to witne their offence, Disclaims the war, a erts his innocence. Dryden, Æneid. On the contrary, they expre ly disclaim any such desire. Sumner, Prison Discipline. 3. To refuse to acknowledge; renounce; reject. Sir, if I do, mankind disclaim me ever! B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iii. 2. I disclaim him; He has no part in me, nor in my blood. Beau . and Fl ., Little French Lawyer, iii. 1. You are my friends, however the world may disclaim your friendship. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxvi. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer , Demoniacs of the New Testament, ii. 4. In law, to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.-5. In her., to subject to a disclaimer; declare not to be entitled to bear the arms a umed. See disclaimer, 4. II.t in trans . To disavow all claim, part, or share: with in . You cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee: a tailor made thee. Shak ., Lear, ii. 2. The sourer sort Of shepherds now disclaim in all such sport. B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. disclaimer (dis-klā'mėr), n. 1. A person who disclaimer disowns, or renounces. The act of disclaiming; denial of pretensions or claims. I think the honour of our nation to be somewhat concerned in the disclaimer of the proceedings of this society. Burke , Rev. in France. 3. In law: (a) Of a trust or estate: a refusal to accept; a rent; a renunciation, as by one named executor in a will. (b) A plea pl plea in equity, or an an swer under the code practice, by a defendant, renouncing all claim upon or interest in the subject of the demand made by the plaintiff, and thus barring the action as against him. (c) An expre or implied denial by a tenant that he holds an estate of his lord; a denial of tenure, by plea or otherwise. The civil crime of disclaimer : as where a tenant neglected to render due services to his lord, and, on action brought to recover them, disclaimed to hold of his lord. L. A. Goodeve, Modern Law of Real Property, p. 22. (d) An instrument executed by a patentee abandoning a part of his claim of invention. By this means a patent may be saved which otherwise would be void because too comprehensive.-4. In her.: (a) A proclamation or announcement made by English heralds, during their regular visitations, of such persons as were found claiming or using armorial bearings to which they had no right. (b) The record of such a proclamation.