In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
rescindable, voidable
(adjective) capable of being rescinded or voided; “the judgment was rescindable”; “voidable contracts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
voidable
capable of being voided or made void.
Source: Wiktionary
Void"a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
2. (Law)
Definition: Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed. If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence. Ayliffe.
Note: A voidable contract may be ratified and confirmed; to render it null and of no effect, it must be avoided; a void contract can not be ratified.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.