voidable

IPA/ˈvɔɪ.də.bəl/
IPA/ˈvɔɪ.də.bəl/

voidable — 形容詞

  • voidablepositive
  • more voidablecomparative
  • most voidablesuperlative

1. describing a contract or agreement that one party has the legal right to cancel

1.形容詞C1
釋義

可撤銷的

指契約一方可依法撤銷、使其失去法律效力

describing a contract or agreement that one party has the legal right to cancel — it stays valid until that person chooses to end it.

例句

Because Kenji signed the loan agreement under threat, the contract was clearly voidable.

因為 Kenji 是在受到威脅下簽署貸款合約，這份契約顯然是可撤銷的。

predicative: be/was voidable

Any contract that Owen signed before his eighteenth birthday is voidable under the law.

Owen 在滿十八歲前簽的任何合約，依法都是可撤銷的。

常見搭配
  • voidable contract
  • voidable agreement
  • voidable at the buyer's option
同義詞
  • rescindable

    more technical; stresses the formal act of calling off a deal

  • cancellable

    everyday register, not limited to law; any arrangement can be cancellable

  • revocable

    focuses on the right to take something back, often an offer, licence, or will

反義詞
  • void

    has no legal effect from the beginning, so there is nothing to cancel

  • binding

    fixed and enforceable, with no right for either side to cancel

文法句型

a voidable + noun (contract/agreement)

be voidable

用法筆記

Almost always describes a contract, agreement, or marriage. Distinguish from 'void': a voidable contract is valid and binding until the party with the right to cancel actually does so, whereas a 'void' contract has no legal effect from the very start.

常見錯誤

The contract is void because Mira can still cancel it.
The contract is voidable because Mira can still cancel it.
'void' means already invalid; 'voidable' means one party may choose to cancel it.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • voidable contract
  • voidable agreement
  • voidable transaction
  • voidable marriage

常用片語

  • voidable at the option of the buyer
  • rendered voidable

介系詞搭配

  • voidable at (the option of)
  • voidable by (a party)