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Definition of: defeasance
(di·fē′zəns) noun
1. A making null or void; an annulment.
2. Law A condition in a deed or collateral instrument by the performance of which the principal deed is rendered void. [<OF defesance an undoing <defaire. See DEFEAT.]
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