society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement > order for or certificate of (3)
? Order for release. Obsolete.
A pay-warrant; esp. a discharge warrant in which the amount of pay due to a soldier or sailor is certified. Also, any certificate of discharge from…
(a) a document affirming the relinquishment of a legal right or claim (cf. sense 3a); (b) a form authorizing the discharge of a person from police…