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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of being voided and especially annulled.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being voided or evacuated.
  • In law, such that some person has a right to have it annulled. See void, v. t., 6.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
  • adjective (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective that may be voided, rescinded or annulled
  • adjective that may be avoided; avoidable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being rescinded or voided

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Examples

  • There is another ground for holding the charter-party void and no contract, instead of regarding it as only voidable, which is equally against authority, which nevertheless I have never been able to answer wholly to my satisfaction.

    The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888

  • Cook told the Daily News Monday night that there was no disagreement over the signing bonus ($3.725 million) or the length of the contract (which is technically seven years, though the last two are "voidable").

    Mile High Report 2009

  • They inserted a player voidable clause, allowing Haynesworth to end his contract early.

    Andrew Brandt: The $36 Million Mistake Andrew Brandt 2011

  • Like contracts, life is fully voidable, allow deferring soon to disallow.

    Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal 2009

  • Like contracts, life is fully voidable, allow deferring soon to disallow.

    Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal 2009

  • They inserted a player voidable clause, allowing Haynesworth to end his contract early.

    Andrew Brandt: The $36 Million Mistake Andrew Brandt 2011

  • Asomugha, whose blockbuster contract with the Raiders averaged $15.2 million per year at signing, will become a free agent this offseason by virtue of a voidable clause in his contract, according to league sources.

    Roster analysis: The cornerback market J.I. Halsell 2011

  • Due to Cap rules, the signing bonus following the voidable clause will not prorate through the remainder of the contract.

    Andrew Brandt: The $36 Million Mistake Andrew Brandt 2011

  • In the absence of fraud, duress or mistake (the typical legal justifications for a voidable contract) I think we have a moral obligation to treat both the borrowers and the lenders as adults, and require that they take responsibility for their actions.

    Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

  • Due to Cap rules, the signing bonus following the voidable clause will not prorate through the remainder of the contract.

    Andrew Brandt: The $36 Million Mistake Andrew Brandt 2011

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