expromission

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expromission - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  EXPROMISSION, civil law. The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, 
  who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. It is a 
  species of novation. (q.v.) 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 802. Vide Delegation.