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disaffirm

[ dis-uh-furm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deny; contradict.
  2. Law. to annul; reverse; repudiate.


disaffirm

/ ˌdɪsəˈfɜːm; ˌdɪsæfəˈmeɪʃən /

verb

  1. to deny or contradict (a statement)
  2. law
    1. to annul or reverse (a decision)
    2. to repudiate obligations
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈھԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱··ھ··پDz [dis-af-er-, mey, -sh, uh, n], 徱a·ھmԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disaffirm1

First recorded in 1525–35; dis- 1 + affirm
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And it asks that Long’s daughter have the ability to participate in future auctions at the fair, but with a clear understanding of her rights to “disaffirm any contract or obligation to sell any livestock she owns through such an auction.”

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It allows transgender youths to “disaffirm” their consent to the treatments retroactively, up to the age of 25 years old.

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On that same day, shortly after the auction but before Cedar was transferred, the girl “exercised her statutory rights as a minor under California law to disaffirm any contract that may have existed between her and the Shasta District Fair and/or any other party with respect to Cedar,” according to the lawsuit.

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Days after Pendergest-Holt's testimony, on February 14, Sjoblom resigned as a lawyer for Stanford and wrote to the SEC: "I disaffirm all prior oral and written representations made by me and my associates to the SEC staff."

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Coached by her first husband, Herman Griffin, Wells sought to disaffirm her contract when she attained majority.

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