Bible Dictionaries
Defeasance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A rendering null or void.

(2):

(n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.

(3):

(n.) A defeat; an overthrow.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defeasance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defeasance.html. 1828.