Cancel
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cancel
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Cancel
To erase, obliterate , strike or cross out by drawing lines across the face of the document; annul , make void. so long as the instrument unequivocally shows that it has been cancelled it can be done either by destruction of the instrument or by writing or stamping words on the face of the instrument. district of Columbia v Cornell, 130 U.S. 655, 32 L.Ed. 1041, 9 S.Ct. 694.In insurance law to cancel is generally understood to mean discharge. See union Marine & general Insurance Co. v Kuljis, 70 F.2d231 (C.A.9). With respect to wills, revocation of a will by cancellation contemplates marks or lines across the written part of the instrument or a physical defacement or some mutilation of the writing itself with the intent to revoke. Franklin v McLean, 66 S.E.2d504, 192 Va. 684.
Synonyms of Cancel
verb
abolish
abort
abrogate
annihilate
annul
avoid
countermand
counterorder
counterpoise
declare invalid
declare null and void
delm
deny
deprive of force
discard
disclaim
discontinue
disestablish
dismiss
dissolve
drop
end
eradicate
excise
expunge
exterminate
extinguish
inducere
invalidate
make void
negate
not proceed with
nullify
obliterate
override
overrule
put an end to
quash
quell
quench
recall
recant
remove
render invalid
render useless
render void
renege
repeal
repudiate
rescind
restrain
retract
reverse
revoke
set aside
suspend
terminate
tollere
vacate
void
withdraw
Associated Concepts: cancel a contract
cancel a debt
cancel an instrument
cancel an order
obsolete
rescission
termination
void
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Ademption, Annul, Avoid, Condonation, , Obliterate, Recall, Rescind, Revoke.
See also
Cancellation in the American legal Encyclopedia
What does Cancel mean in American Law?
The definition of Cancel in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
One of the may legal words (e.g., abrogate, annul, expunge, obliterate, repeal, rescind, revoke, terminate) for processes whereby the vitality and validity of something of legal significance is ended. While there is some implication that cancelling involves some act of physical cancellation, e.g., crossing out, mutilation, tearing up, it is only an implication: it is quite proper to speak of "cancelling a debt" which never had any physical embodiment and thus cannot have any physical destruction. Cancel seems to have no especially technical usage in any field of law like, e.g., that of "rescind" (see rescission) in contract law. But cf. cancellation clause.