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Definition of Disaffirm
1. v. t. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Definition of Disaffirm
1. Verb. To deny, contradict or repudiate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disaffirm
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disaffirm
Literary usage of Disaffirm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1914)
"Same subject—Capacity of third persons to avail themselves of infant's right to
disaffirm.—As shown, the adult who makes a contract ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"of cases requiring an infant to disaffirm his conveyance within a reasonable time
after arriving at majority;1 and the same The ratification relates back to ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"Thus he may disaffirm one of several deeds made by him.81 § 344. What amounts to
disaffirmance—Illustrations.— Subject to the foregoing limitations the ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Still, our Legislature has seen proper to continue the protection formerly accorded
to her as a fern« covert, although as to her power to disaffirm her ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"Beaudry, 150 Mass, until disaffirmed, and the court 448, 6 LRA 146, 15 Am. St.
Rep. knows of no one who can exercise 228, 23 NE 673. the right to disaffirm ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1895)
"Infants may ratify or disaffirm Voidable Acts and Contracts. ... The infant may
rescind or disaffirm his own deed or contract; but the adult with whom he ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"When he has made a conveyance of real estate during infancy, and would affirm or
disaffirm it, after he becomes of age. In such case, the mere acquiescence ..."
8. Revised Laws of the State of California: In Four Codes : Political, Civil by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, Charles Lindley (1871)
"A minor, or a person of unsound mind of Cannot<«•- whatever degree, cannot
disaffirm a contract, ... 31 A minor cannot disaffirm an obligation, ..."
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