avoidance

avoidance
I (cancellation) noun abrogation, annulling, annulment, cancelling, cessation, discontinuation, dismissal, invalidation, making useless, nullifying, quashing, removal, rendering void, rescission, setting aside, vacating, vacation, voidance associated concepts: avoidable preference, avoidance of contract, avoidance of will foreign phrases:
- Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi. — A legacy is not nullified by an erroneous description.
II (evasion) noun bypass, detour, deviation, dodge, elusion, eschewment, evasion, evasive action, parrying, refraining, retreat, shunning, sidestep associated concepts: avoidable consequences, avoidance by the courts of question of constitutionality, avoidance of consequences, avoidance of risk, confession and avoidance, last clear chance, pleading in avoidance III index absence (nonattendance), abstention, boycott, default, evasion, exclusion, flight, nonperformance, odium, ostracism

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


avoidance
n.
1 The act of keeping away from, escaping, evading, or preventing.
3 Same as tax avoidance.
4 Same as voidance

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


avoidance
An escape from the consequences of a specific course of action through the use of legally acceptable means. Cancellation; the act of rendering something useless or legally ineffective.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


avoidance
An escape from the consequences of a specific course of action through the use of legally acceptable means. Cancellation; the act of rendering something useless or legally ineffective.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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