defeasible

Examples

• All

• Some legal agreements are defeasible, meaning they can be canceled if certain conditions are met.

• That said, because this reason can be defeated or overridden, the English Rule at best justifies a defeasible presumption favoring enforceability.

  Academic text (2018)

• If defeasible, under what conditions is it defeated?

  Academic text (2008)

• These considerations are, of course, defeasible.

  Academic text (2016)

• Our task on earth is to care for our soul properly: this is why the claims of conscience, while absolute, must always be seen as defeasible.

  Academic text (1999)

• The professor explained that the rights granted by the contract are defeasible, depending on the actions taken by the parties involved.

• In some cases, a will is deemed defeasible if it does not meet the legal requirements set by the court.

Synonyms

R

rescindable

vsdefeasible

• Formal

9.1

Able to be canceled by law

is ended under certain conditions rather than only by authority

V

voidable

vsdefeasible

• Formal

7.9

An agreement that one person can legally cancel because of fraud or pressure

is cancelable when conditions occur, not only by one party's choice

Antonyms

I

indefeasible

• Formal

1 9.9

A right or claim that cannot be taken away

How Defeasible

fragile

39 3.9

vulnerable

581 4.0

susceptible

79 5.5

defeasible

• Specialized

9.9

stable

473 2.3

secure

• Specialized

31 4.7

inviolable

• Formal

5 8.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology