From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Disclaimer \Dis*claim"er\, n.
1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
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2. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title,
claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or
waiver of an interest or estate. --Burrill.
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3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions,
and the like. --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disclaimer
n 1: (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to
something
2: denial of any connection with or knowledge of [syn:
{disavowal}, {disclaimer}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
disclaimer
n.
[Usenet] Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes
automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should
be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's
opinions and not necessarily those of the organization running the machine
through which the article entered the network.
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