voidable

English

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English void
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English voidable

    From void + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈvɔɪdəbəl/

    Adjective

    voidable

    1. capable of being voided or made void.
      a voidable contract
      a voidable transaction
      • 2016 November 14, David Jeremiah Barron writing for the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Dyer v. Wells Fargo (case 15-2421)[1]:
        […] an assignment made in contravention of such a trust agreement is at most voidable at the option of the parties to the trust agreement, not void as a matter of law.

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