surrender
sur·ren·der / səˈrendər/ • v. [intr.] cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority: over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities. ∎ [tr.] give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand: in 1815 Denmark surrendered Norway to Sweden they refused to surrender their weapons. ∎ [tr.] (in a sports contest) lose (a point, game, or advantage): she surrendered only twenty games in her five qualifying matches. ∎ (surrender to) abandon oneself entirely to (a powerful emotion or influence); give in to: he was surprised that Miriam should surrender to this sort of jealousy | he surrendered himself to the mood of the hills. ∎ [tr.] (of an insured person) cancel (a life insurance policy) and receive back a proportion of the premiums paid.• n. the action of surrendering. ∎ the action of surrendering a life insurance policy.
Surrender
SURRENDER
To give up, return, or yield.
The word surrender presupposes the possession or ownership of the thing that is to be returned or given up. It indicates a transfer of title as well as possession, but it does not express or in any way suggest the transaction of a sale and delivery. Instead, it involves yielding or delivering in response to a demand. A surrender may be compelled or it may be voluntary.
In landlord-tenant law, surrender occurs when a tenant agrees to return the leased premises to the landlord before the expiration of the lease and the landlord agrees to accept the return of the premises.
In this respect a surrender differs from abandonment, which is simply a unilateral act on the part of the tenant. In contrast, a surrender arises through a mutual agreement between the lessor and lessee.
Surrender is used in many areas of substantive law. For example, in criminal law it refers to a suspect's giving up to the police. In insurance law the "cash surrender" value is the amount of money a person will receive when he elects to end a policy and take the proceeds allocated under the insurance contract.
Surrender
Surrender ★½ 1987 (PG)
A struggling woman artist and a divorced author fall in love but won't admit it for fear of being hurt again. Jumbled plot, unfortunate casting. Available in a Spanish-subtitled version. 95m/C VHS . Michael Caine, Sally Field, Steve Guttenberg, Peter Boyle, Jackie Cooper, Julie Kavner, Louise Lasser, Iman; D: Jerry Belson; W: Jerry Belson; C: Juan Ruiz-Anchia; M: Michel Colombier.