Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cancellation
Meaning of Cancellation
The act of crossing out a writing; the manual operation of tearing or destroying a written instrument. 1 Eq. Cas. Abr. 409; Roberts, Wills, 367, note. Revocation or annulment of an instrument in any manner. See 58 Pa. St. 238.
What does Cancellation mean in American Law?
The definition of Cancellation in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
As a process, see cancel. As a thing, some physical indicium of that process, e.g., as with a cancelled check. See also U.C.C. § 2-106(4), where “cancellation” is distinguished from “termination” by the fact that the former refers to an action taken because of another”s breach while the [latter] covers all other sources of contract nullity, e.g., pursuant to the terms of the contract.
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Synonyms of Cancellation
noun
- abandoning
- abandonment
- abolishing
- abolishment
- abolition
- abrogation
- abscission
- annulling
- annulment
- cassation
- circumduction
- countermand
- counterorder
- deletion
- discontinuance
- dismissal
- dissolution
- dissolving
- disuse
- elimination
- eradication
- erasure
- excision
- expunction
- extinction
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- moratorium
- negation
- nonuse
- nullification
- nullifying
- overruling
- rasure
- recall
- recalling
- recantation
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repeal
- repudiation
- rescinding
- rescindment
- rescission
- retracting
- retraction
- reversal
- reversing
- revocation
- revokement
- revoking
- supersession
- surrender
- suspension
- termination
- unmaking
- vacation
- vacatur
- voidance
- voiding
- waiver
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- Associated Concepts: abatement
- cancellation of a contract
- cancellation of a lease
- cancellation of a mortgage
- cancellation of a will
- cancellation of an insurance policy
- cancellation of certificate of registration
- cancellation ofinstruments
- cancellation of judgment
- cancellation of notes
- judicial cancellation
- judicial cancellation
English Legal System: Cancellation
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Cancellation :
1. (in equity) An order by the court that specified documents should no longer have effect. This may occur when a document has fulfilled its purpose but its continued existence could lead to improper claims against its maker.
2. (in commercial law) The right to cancel a commercial contract after it has been entered into. The right to cancel exists generally for contracts concluded at a distance (See distance selling), such as mail order and Internet sales when the contract is with a *consumer, and in particular in such sectors as time-share sales and consumer credit.
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