” In re Estate of Trecker, 246 NE 2d 56 – Ill: Appellate Court, 1st Dist., 3rd Div. 1969 A release is a “liberation from an obligation, duty or demand; the act of giving up a right or claim to the person whom it could have been enforced” Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019) A waiver is “[t]he voluntary relinquishment or abandonment – express or implied – of a legal right or advantage. [read post]