Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
VOIDABLE
rescindable, voidable
(adjective) capable of being rescinded or voided; “the judgment was rescindable”; “voidable contracts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
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
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