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Voidable
Pronunciation : Void"a*ble
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
2. (Law)
Defn: 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
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