Reconciliation (United States Congress) Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Congress that allows expedited passage of certain budgetary legislation on spending, revenues, and the federal debt limit with a simple majority vote in both the House (218 votes) and Senate (51 votes).
surrender - Legal Definition n Delivery into the possession of another, such as vacating of property by the tenant before the lease has terminated so that the landlord may consider termination to have occurred; the giving up of a claim or a right; yielding to the control or power of another; the return of an estate to the one who has a reversion so as to merge the estate into a larger one.
Tender of Defense Law and Legal Definition. It is an act by which one party places its defense, and all costs associated with said defense, on another person or organization. There is usually a contract or other agreement in place requiring that person or organization to take on the defense. This transfers the obligation of the defense and possible indemnification to the party on whom tender was made. This term is usually insurance related.