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reˌleaˈsee Law.
[f. release v.1 + -ee1. Cf. relessee.]
One to whom an estate is released.
1744Jacob Law Dict. (ed. 5) s.v. Release. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 101 The releasee has an estate actually vested in him at the time of the release. 1886Law Rep., Weekly Notes 56/2 All necessary parties joined in conveying the Neath Abbey Estate to a releasee.
▸ A person or animal released from captivity or confinement.
1939Federal Reporter (U.S.) (Lexis) (2nd Ser.) 103464 Held under a Parole Board warrant directing his arrest and return to the Penitentiary, appellant, released from the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta as a conditional releasee. 1946R. W. Lindner Stone Walls & Men xxiv. 479 The most they can do is see the releasee once or twice, review the reports he sends to their desks and, if he is in trouble, either to return him to prison or make minor situational readjustments to stave off for a while such a catastrophe. 1961Amer. Midland Naturalist 66 204 The second bird was now released... It was followed by the entire group of vultures which had gathered about the first releasee. 2000Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. The villain of the piece is the North American mink. Escapees—and releasees—from fur farms have colonised much of Britain and the efficient underwater hunter is lethal to voles. |