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Definition of Avoidance

1. Noun. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.

Definition of Avoidance

1. n. The act of annulling; annulment.

Definition of Avoidance

1. Noun. The act of annulling; annulment. ¹

2. Noun. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. ¹

3. Noun. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. ¹

4. Noun. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. ¹

5. Noun. The courts by which anything is carried off. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avoidance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoidance

Literary usage of Avoidance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"An avoidance being a part of the advowson, which is incorporeal, must be conveyed by deed ... Such avoidance must be future, and must be specified; so that, ..."

2. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"If a man grant the next avoidance to A. and by deed subsequent grant [*]the next avoidance to the same person, it will be a surrender of the first. IK. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
"(*•) This division applies to pleas only, for replications and other subsequent pleadings in confession and avoidance are not subject to any such ..."

4. Hand-book of Common-law Pleading by Benjamin Jonson Shipman (1895)
"Pleading in confession and avoidance is admitting the truth of opposing ... Pleas in confession and avoidance are divided, with reference to their ..."

5. Civil Procedure at Common Law by Alexander Martin (1899)
"Pleas by way of confession and avoidance are such as admit expressly or ... The new facts pleaded are said to be in avoidance of the right of action ..."

6. Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in by National Academy of Sciences (U.S., National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S. (2006)
"But there was more evidence of what they came to call bias avoidance. ... In productive bias avoidance you find ways to minimize family commitments to ..."

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