Category:Voidable

Void"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

2. (law)

Defn: 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.

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.