Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being rescinded.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being rescinded.

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  • adjective Describing something that can be rescinded.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being rescinded or voided

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Examples

  • An honest rich man called a top tax inspector last month to report an approach by a big four firm offering a complex new capital gains tax wheeze involving "rescindable contracts".

    Tax collection. Now there's a moral crusade for the Tories 2010

  • If the APR, or annual percentage rate, is off by a fraction of a percent between the preliminary and final loan documents, the loan may be rescindable.

    How Snafus 2007

  • In general, grave fear lawfully superinduced does not militate against consent in the will, and therefore renders contracts neither invalid nor rescindable.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • Contracts by which ecclesiastical property is alienated are sometimes rescindable.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Contracts, then, entered into because of accidental mistake which was induced by the fraud or misrepresentation of the other party, will be rescindable at the option of the party deceived.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • Leaving aside the weakness of the language -- it does little more than tweak the verbiage of the Senate bill -- the order is nonbinding, unenforceable, and changeable or rescindable at will by whoever occupies the White House.

    Ten Reasons Rich Leonardi 2010

  • Moreover, why did he vote "Yes" to potential public-funded abortion under the guise of an executive order that is rescindable on a whim?

    courierpress.com Stories 2010

  • There is much, much more, including the fact that the sale of eToys to Bain, DE Shaw, merged into Parent Company is rescindable as a non "bona fide" sale.

    The Industry Standard - Comments 2009

  • Anyway, we’ve already cut the big, non-rescindable corporate oil deals … so we can just hang out in Kuwait and Qatar at our girlfriends’ place, until we get drunk and start feeling pimped by that hunky little guy in Iran who never dances with us, no matter how tarty we dress.

    Think Progress » Iraqi Prime Minister Announces Timetable: Full Security Takeover by End of 2007 2006

  • Article 316 of the new constitution addresses the government's responsibilities toward the economy, the most relevant of which is to "determine the state monopoly of the productive and commercial activities that are considered non-rescindable in case of public necessity." [

    Spero News 2009

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