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Webster 1913 Edition
Voidable
Void′a-ble
,Adj.
1.
Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
2.
(Law)
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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Voidable
VOID'ABLE
,Adj.
- Such administration is not void, but voidable by sentence.