nonsurrender en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + surrender.
Meanings
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(attributive, uncountable) Lack of surrender; failure or refusal to surrender something.
Were the nonsurrender of the certificate set up by the company in a common-law action brought by Kratzch, it is possible the court might be compelled to hold that he had failed to establish his title; […]
1911, Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, page 682:a bilateral nonsurrender agreement