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Exonerative fact

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001987

A fact that extinguishes an existing legal duty, so that the person who owed it is released from the obligation. Payment of a debt, a creditor's release, and full performance of a contract are typical examples. In the vocabulary of legal theory, it is a kind of divestitive fact, meaning a fact that brings a legal right or duty to an end.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001987
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001987",
  "term": "Exonerative fact",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A fact that extinguishes an existing legal duty, so that the person who owed it is released from the obligation. Payment of a debt, a creditor's release, and full performance of a contract are typical examples. In the vocabulary of legal theory, it is a kind of divestitive fact, meaning a fact that brings a legal right or duty to an end.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/exonerative-fact/"
}

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