Defeasance

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈfiːzÉ™ns/

Alternative forms

• defeasaunce

Origin

From Anglo-Norman defeasaunce

Full definition of defeasance

Noun

1. (now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:that hoarie king, with all his traine,
  Being arriued, where that champion stout
  After his foes defeasance did remaine ....
2. (US, legal) The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment.

Related terms

• defease