VOIDANCE Definition & Meaning

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voidance

[ void-ns ]

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noun

the act of voiding.
annulment, as of a contract.
vacancy, as of a benefice.

voidance

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noun

an annulment, as of a contract
the condition of being vacant, as an office, benefice, etc
the act of voiding, ejecting, or evacuating

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of voidance¹

1350–1400; Middle English, aphetic variant of avoidance

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of voidance¹

C14: variant of avoidance

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Loss of claim Another penalty was the voidance of a claim.

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To ask for comity in the matter was to ask for the voidance of the treaty.

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Then, as they continued their journey, the squire hearkening attentively to the knight's words, they came to a river, and while there they watered the beasts, the mule made a voidance in the stream.

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So he said to the merchant, "Verily, thou exaggeratest in doing us honour; but, by Allah, I will not eat of thy meat until thou tell me what hath caused the voidance of yonder house."

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