DEFEASIBLE

defeasible

(adjective) capable of being annulled or voided or terminated; “a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

defeasible (comparative more defeasible, superlative most defeasible)

(legal, logic) Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.

Source: Wiktionary


De*fea"si*ble, a. Etym: [See Defeasance.]

Definition: Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.

– De*fea"si*ble*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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