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(adjective) capable of being rescinded or voided; “the judgment was rescindable”; “voidable contracts”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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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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