| 释义 |
dis·claim·er
\-mə(r)\ noun
Etymology: Anglo-French disclaimer to disclaim
1.
a. : a denial or disavowal of legal claim (as in pleading where a defendant denies any interest in or claim to the subject of the action) : renunciation of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust : relinquishment, waiver of, or formal refusal to accept an interest or estate
b.
(1) : a writing by which a patentee that has by inadvertence, accident, or mistake claimed more than he had a right to claim as new disclaims such parts as he chooses not to claim or hold under the patent
(2) : a clause in an original or reissue application referring to matter to which the disclaimant does not choose to claim title : a writing made to avoid the continuation of an interference
2.
a. : a disavowal (as of pretensions, claims, or opinions) : denial
< his first defense was a disclaimer of the authorship — S.H.Adams >
< frowned in grave disclaimer of responsibility — Marguerite Steen >
b. : repudiation, disownment
< his contemptuous disclaimer of stuff he did not keep — George Meredith >
3. heraldry
a. : a proclamation by a herald of the illegitimacy of a person's right to bear arms or to be known by the title of esquire or gentleman
b. : a disavowal of any claim to such a right or title |