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n. (Law) Waiver is the voluntary abandonment or surrender by a capable person of a right known by him to exist, with the intent that he shall forever be deprived of its benefits. A voluntary relinquishment of some right. Stewart v. Crosby, 60 Me. 134 (1863).

The voluntary surrender and relinquishment of a right. 29 Minn. 191. The intentional relinquishment of a known right. It is a somewhat narrower term than 'abandonment' and is applied to rights, not to property. To constitute a waiver proper, there must ordinarily be a valuable consideration (75 N. Y. 453), a full knowledge ...