Civil Law. [ad. mod.L. exprōmissiōn-em, n. of action f. exprōmittĕre: see next. Cf. Fr. expromission.] (See quot.; and cf. next).
1818. Colebrooke, Treat. Obligations & Contracts, I. 209. By the intervention of a new debtor, substituted for the former one, who is, in consequence, discharged by the creditor. This has been termed expromission.
1875. Poste, Gaius, III. Comm. 399.
