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Definition of Cancellation
1. Noun. The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement.
Specialized synonyms: Abrogation, Annulment, Repeal, Write-off, Attainder, Civil Death, Recission, Rescission
Derivative terms: Cancel, Cancel
2. Noun. The speech act of revoking or annulling or making void.
Definition of Cancellation
1. n. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Definition of Cancellation
1. Noun. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. ¹
3. Noun. (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cancellation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancellation
Literary usage of Cancellation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"A bill is discharged when it has been intentionally can- cancellation, •celled
by the holder or his agent, and the cancellation is apparent thereon. ..."
2. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"Under the cancellation clause of the standard policy, the policy if ... No act
of cancellation is necessary, though it has been held otherwise; nor, ..."
3. Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice by William David Winter (1919)
"The cancellation and Modification of Contracts.—Contracts of insurance being
entered into by mutual agreement of the parties may be cancelled or modified ..."
4. Briefs on the Law of Insuranceby Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1905)
"cancellation, Insurance of property, right of insurer to cancel, 111. ... 954.
cancellation by Insolvency and dissolution of company, ill. ..."
5. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple, ( (1914)
"The experiments of Bourdon, Binet, and Ritter show that cancellation is affected by
... It follows that the cancellation of four or more letters is better ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"[471] hereinafter appointed is directed to hold for cancellation such Illinois
Midland Railway bonds, when so surrendered, and to report the fact of such ..."
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