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Definition of Rescinding
1. rescind [v] - See also: rescind
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rescinding
Literary usage of Rescinding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (1851)
"Doctrine of rescinding a contract. 5. Concealment of a fact by a purchaser. 6.
... rescinding a conveyance for unreasonableness of price. 13. ..."
2. The Law of Baron and Femme: Of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Master by Tapping Reeve, Amasa Junius Parker, Charles E. Baldwin (1882)
"Whenever they relieve, by rescinding or modifying a contract, they compel the
person, in whose favor they decide, to do complete justice. ..."
3. An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: From the Reign of by William Alexander (1841)
"Act rescinding the Laws for Conformity, 198 58. Act rescinding severall Acts of
Parliament as useless or hurtful!. . . 198 69.* Act anent the Superiority of ..."
4. History of Ohio: The Rise and Progress of an American State by Emilius Oviatt Randall, Daniel Joseph Ryan (1912)
"The rescinding resolution was adopted by a strict party vote in both branches of
the Legislature, and was signed January 15, ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts, Not Under Seal: And Upon the by Joseph Chitty, Tompson Chitty (1841)
"Of rescinding a Contract on Non-performance by the other Party. The right to
abandon or rescind a contract in toto has been already partially considered (M) ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1842)
"Rule absolute for rescinding the order. Rule for arresting the judgment discharged (a).
(a) No further step was token in the prosecution. ..."
7. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"Of rescinding and completing the Contract. —On the subject of the claim to a
completion of the purchase, or to the payment or return of the consideration ..."