RESCISSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does rescission mean? • RESCISSION (noun)
The noun RESCISSION has 1 sense:
1. (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made
Familiarity information: RESCISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RESCISSION (noun)
Meaning:
(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
recission; rescission
Context example:
recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent
Hypernyms ("rescission" is a kind of...):
cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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