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voidable
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Voidable \Void"a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
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2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void,
invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided
or confirmed.
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If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of
administration, such administration is not, but
voidable by sentence. --Ayliffe.
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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.
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