In ancient English law. A renunciation of one’s country, a species of self-imposed banishment, under an oath never to return to the kingdom unless by permission. 4 Bl.Comm. 332; Avery v. Everett, 110 N.Y. 317, 18 N.E. 148, 1 L.R.A. 264. See Abjure.
ABJURE.
To renounce, or abandon, by or upon oath. See Abjuration. A departure from the state without the intention of returning, and not a renunciation of one’s country, upon an oath of perpetual banishment, as the term originally implied. Mead v. Hughes, 15 Ala. 148, 1 Am.Rep. 123