revocability
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- noun
- /ˌrɛvəˈkəːbɪlɪti/
- Formal
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revocabilidad
- The revocability of the contract means that either party can withdraw from the agreement before the deadline.
Examples
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He suggests that there are four characteristics (explicitness, revocability, volition, and publicity) that make behavioral acts binding and determine the extent of commitment.
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Such delegation is limited in turn by the principle of revocability, whereby the associated state reserves the right to terminate the association unilaterally and fully exercise its sovereignty.
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The first targets premise (4) and argues that substantial revocability cannot be reduced to compensation.
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This discovery is prompted by the fact that if revocability were reducible to compensation, it would be possible to compensate someone who was imprisoned but still keep them in jail.
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That would be an interesting criticism, but Yost avoids it because he thinks there is a bigger problem with the reduction of substantial revocability to compensation.
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In order for a system of punishment to be substantially revocable, it must be possible to compensate people after their punishment such that the wrong done to them by the punishment is outweighed or counterbalanced by the compensation (Substantial Revocability principle).
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Substantial Revocability, Compensation, and Control Premise (4) states that a punishment can be substantially revoked if the harm done by the punishment is outweighed or counterbalanced by the benefit of the compensation.
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Due to the revocability of the scholarship, students must maintain a certain grade point average to avoid losing it.
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The new policy emphasizes the revocability of permissions, allowing administrators to rescind access at any time.
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Etymology
Revocability comes from parts meaning re- 'back' and voc (seen in voice) 'call', so it originally meant 'to call back'. So, revocability is the quality of being able to have something 'called back' or canceled.