voidable

capable of being voided or made void.

Adjective

  1. capable of being voided or made void.
    • a voidable contract
    • a voidable transaction
    • […] an assignment made in contravention of such a trust agreement is at most voidable at the option of the parties to the trust agreement, not void as a matter of law. - 2016 November 14, David Jeremiah Barron writing...

Origin

Etymology tree English void Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English voidable From void + -able.

Synonyms

defeasible