VOIDABLE CONTRACT

A contract which may be voided by one party at its option. … [Read more...] about VOIDABLE CONTRACT

That which has some force or effect, but which, in consequence of some inherent quality, may be legally annulled or avoided. 2. As a familiar example, may be mentioned the case of a contract, made by an infant with an adult, which maybe avoided or confirmed by the former on his coining of age. Vide Parties, contracts. 3. Such contracts are generally of binding force until … [Read more...] about VOIDABLE

A document, statute or other item which is so clearly erroneous or unconstitutional that it is clear that it must not be valid and is void. … [Read more...] about VOID ON ITS FACE

A statute that is so unclear or vague that the average person could not reasonably understand or appreciate its meaning and application makes the statute void on its face. A criminal statute that is vague is unconstitutional since one cannot adhere to the requirements of a law that one could not reasonably understand. … [Read more...] about VOID FOR VAGUENESS

Latin, void from the beginning. Never legitimate or valid. … [Read more...] about VOID AB INITIO