voidableadj.
/ˈvɔɪdəbl/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪdəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being annulled or made legally void; spec. (as distinguished from void), that may be either voided or confirmed.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulled or abrogated > able to be
voidable1485
repealable1570
reversable1581
countermandablea1626
reducible1656
annullable1675
avoidablea1677
elidable1687
quashable1705
nullablea1718
1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 285/2 The same Feoffments, States, Leases..be..not in anie wise voided ne voidable by reason of Coverture.
1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 68 Their coppie holldes beynge allwayes voydable in the lawe at the wyll of the lord.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 241 The testament made by feare is not voide ipso iure, but voidable by the helpe of exception.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 3 In the one case the gift or conueyance is voidable onely, in the other it is void to all intents.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 78 Even as a Marriage, Bond, or deed made by Duresse or Menace, are good in Law, and not meerly void, but voidable only upon a Plea and Tryall.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 38 If the Metropolitan..grants Letters of Administration, such Administration is not void, but voidable, by a Sentence.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 423 These civil disabilities make the contract void ab initio, and not merely voidable.
1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 428 Whether the Vicarage..cannot be opened to a new presentation as voidable but not void.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. v. 104 I have but a poor lease of this mansion under you, voidable at your honour's pleasure.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 323 His [sc. an infant's] conveyances are voidable, subject, that is, to be ratified or avoided by him when he comes of age.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > voided or pierced > voidable
voidable1610
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. v. 49 Voiding..is the exemption of some part of the inward substance of things voidable, by occasion whereof the Field is transparent thorow the Charge. [Hence in Phillips, Harris, etc.]
3. Capable of being voided or evacuated. rare.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [adjective] > excreted > capable of being
voidable1663
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. iii. 79 He had..so broaken the Stone, partly by crumbling it, and partly by dissolving the Cement, as to make it voidable by Urine.
Derivatives
voidaˈbility n.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > ability to be
violableness1727
voidability1823
voidableness1883
violability1926
1823 Ann. Reg., Hist. Eur. 90 In some cases there must be a nullity, but that there should be a voidability was most objectionable.
1823 Ann. Reg., Hist. Eur. 91/2 A medium between the entire dereliction of parental authority on the one side and entire voidability on the other.
ˈvoidableness n.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying > ability to be emptied
voidableness1727
society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > ability to be
violableness1727
voidability1823
voidableness1883
violability1926
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Voidableness, capableness of being voided or emptied.
1883 Sat. Rev. 16 June 755 Despite the quibble about voidness and voidableness.
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