Voidable

Voidable
Voidable Void"a*ble, a. 1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated. [1913 Webster]

2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed. [1913 Webster]

If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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