English → Latin
“defeasance” in Latin
tollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar adiūnctiōjoining, union, conjunction; addition; limitation, qualification (additional)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
defeasance
*conditio pactum (or testamentum, etc.) irritum faciens, tollens, etc. Sometimes exceptio may do (which is the general term for the plea by which the defendant endeavors to meet a charge; hence, also,” a plea in defeasance of anything”); or adjunctio (a condition by which anything is limited).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for defeasance?
- The usual Latin words for “defeasance” are tollō, et cētera, adiūnctiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.