dissolution

  • 1dissolution — [ disɔlysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe au fig.; lat. dissolutio, de dissolvere → dissoudre 1 ♦ (1314) Décomposition (d un agrégat, d un organisme) par la séparation des éléments constituants. La dissolution des matières animales, végétales. « L… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2dissolution — dis·so·lu·tion /ˌdi sə lü shən/ n: the act or process of ending: as a: the termination of an organized body (as a court) b: the ending of a partnership relationship caused by the withdrawal of one of the partners from the relationship c: the… …

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  • 3dissolution — DISSOLUTION. s. fém. Séparation des parties d un corps naturel qui se dissout. La dissolution d un composé. La dissolution des corps. La dissolution des simples, des métaux, etc. La corruption du corps se fait par la dissolution des parties. Il y …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 4Dissolution — or dissolve may refer to: Dissolution (law), in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation Dissolution (chemistry), or solvation, in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solid substance into a… …

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  • 5Dissolution — Dis so*lu tion, n. [OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See {Dissolve}.] 1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. [1913 Webster] Dissolutions of ancient… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6dissolution — dis‧so‧lu‧tion [ˌdɪsəˈluːʆn] noun [uncountable] when a company or partnership comes to an end officially: • Failure to agree terms could result in the outgoing partner seeking a formal dissolution of the firm on peremptory notice. * * *… …

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  • 7dissolution — late 14c., separation into parts, also frivolity, moral laxness, dissolute living, from O.Fr. dissolution (12c.) and directly from L. dissolutionem (nom. dissolutio) a dissolving, destroying, interruption, dissolution, noun of action from pp.… …

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  • 8dissolution — [n1] separation, rupture breaking up, detachment, disintegration, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, resolution, split up; concepts 230,388 Ant. combination, connection, solution, unification dissolution [n2] death;… …

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  • 9dissolution — The act of ending, terminating or winding up of a company or state of affairs. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 10dissolution — Dissolution, f. acut. Dissolutio morum bonorum contaminatio, voyez Dissouldre …

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