Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Denounce

vb. 1. To condemn openly, esp. publicly. 2. To declare (an act or thing) to be a crime and prescribe a punishment for it. 3. To accuse or inform against. 4. To give formal notice to a foreign country of the termination of (a treaty).

Denouncement

1. An act of accusation or condemnation <denouncement of a thief>. 2. A declaration of a threatened action <denouncement of war > < denouncement of a treaty>. 3. In Mexican law, an application for a grant to work a mine that is either newly discovered or forfeited <the denouncement was granted>. 4. Archaic. A formal announcement; a declaration <a denouncement of a doctrine>. - Also termed denunciation. - denunciatory, denunciative, adj. de novi operis nuntiatione. See NOVI OPERIS NUNTIATIO.