【法】 租借和放弃

Lease \Lease\ (l[=e]s), n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]
1. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person
in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid
for the transfer; especially, A demise or letting of
lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life,
for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest
than that which the lessor has in the property, usually
for a specified rent or compensation.

2. The contract for such letting.

3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such
a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Our high-placed Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature. --Shak.

{Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,
formerly common in England and in New York. its place is
now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.
--Warren's Blackstone.


Release \Re*lease"\, n.
1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being
let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint
of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. ``Who
boast'st release from hell.'' --Milton.

2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt,
penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

4. (Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or
claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements
to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
--Blackstone.

5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to
allow the steam to escape.

6. (Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or
mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) A catch on a
motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the
rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in
the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic
circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an
overload.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. (Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8. (Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card
conveying information and instructions to be used at
intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Lease and release}. (Law) See under {Lease}.

{Out of release}, without cessation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: Liberation; freedom; discharge. See {Death}.