Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

renunciation

n. 1. The express or tacit abandonment of a right without transferring it to another. 2. Criminal law. Complete and voluntary abandonment of criminal purpose - sometimes coupled with an attempt to thwart the activity's success - before a crime is committed. 0 Renunciation can be an affirmative defense to attempt, conspiracy, and the like. Model Penal Code § 5.01(4) (1997). -Also termed withdrawal; abandonment. 3. Wills & estates. The act of waiving a right under a will and claiming instead a statutory share. See RIGHT OF ELECTION. - renounce, ub. - renunciative, renunciatory, adj.