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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
expiration
n 1: a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his
driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration,
expiry]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
3: the act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: exhalation,
expiration, breathing out]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Expiration \Ex`pi*ra"tion\, n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F.
expiration. See Expire.]
1. The act of expiring; as:
(a) (Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or
forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth;
as, respiration consists of inspiration and
expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
(b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
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The true cause of cold is an expiration from the
globe of the earth. --Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of
expiration." --Rambler.
(d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction;
termination; end.
[1913 Webster]
Before the expiration of thy time. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which
is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
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The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle
expiration. --G. Sharp.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
EXPIRATION. Cessation; end. As, the expiration of, a lease, of a contract,
or statute.
2. In general, the expiration of a contract puts an end to all the
engagements of the parties, except to those which arise from the non-
fulfillment of obligations created during its existence. For example, the
expiration of a partnership so dissolves it, that the parties cannot in
general create any new liability, but it still subsists, to enable the
parties to fulfill engagements in which the partners have engaged, or to
compel others to perform their obligations towards them. See Dissolution;
Contracts.
3. When a statute is limited as to time, it expires by mere lapse of
time, and then it has no force whatever; and, if such a statute repealed or
supplied a former statute, the first statute is, i so facto, revived by the
expiration of the repealing statute; 6 Whart. 294; 1 Bland, R. 664 unless it
appear that such was not the intention of the legislature. 3 East, 212 Bac.
Ab. Statute, D.
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Thesaurus Results for expiration:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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