Legal Definition and Related Resources of Vacate

As applied to statutes, orders, etc., to cancel or annul. As applied to a place, means to make vacant.

To annul; to render an act void; as, to vacate an entry which has been made on a record when the court has been imposed upon by fraud, or taken by surprise.

(Leave), verb

• abandon
• cease
• depart
• depart from
• desert
• empty
• evacuate
• exit
• forgo
• go away
• move
• move out
• quit
• relinquish
• remove
• retreat
• surrender
• vacuefacere
• withdraw

(Void), verb

• abandon
• abdicate
• abolish
• abrogate
• annul
• cancel
• countermand
• deprive of force
• disannul
• do away with
• eliminate
• evacuate
• invalidate
• make void
• negate
• nullify
• overrule
• quash
• recant
• relinquish
• render inoperative
• repeal
• rescind
• retract
• reverse
• revoke
• set aside
• Associated Concepts: vacate a default
• vacate a judgment
• vacate an award
• vacate an order
• vacate occupancy
• vacate office

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Vacate in Historical Law

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Translate Motion to Vacate from English to Spanish

Translation of Motion to Vacate , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pedimento de invalidación and other legal terms is available here.

• Pedimento de invalidación
• Legal English Translation

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Vacate in the law of the United States

Vacate: Related U.S. Resources

• Vacate in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Appellate Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Appellate Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

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Remand (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Reversal (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Meaning of Vacate (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of vacate (to) into Spanish: revocar, dejar sin efecto; vacated guilty plead: revocación de la declaración de culpabilidad; revocación de la conformidad[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where vacate (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Vacate (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

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Meaning of Vacate in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Vacate published by the National Association for Court Management: To set aside. To vacate a judgment is to set aside that judgment.

Concept of Vacate in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Vacate: (1) To move out. (2) A legal term meaning to set aside or annul, as to vacate a judgment.

Vacate is a term subject to different meanings. In the context of a court order or decision, vacate means to overrule or void. A decision may be vacated for error, for example.

Concept of Vacate in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Vacate: (1) To move out. (2) A legal term meaning to set aside or annul, as to vacate a judgment.

Vacate is a term subject to different meanings. In the context of a court order or decision, vacate means to overrule or void. A decision may be vacated for error, for example.

Vacate (Appellate Process)

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