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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-sizh-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɪʒ ən



Definition of rescission

Origin :
  • 1610s, "action of cutting off;" 1650s, "action of annulling," from Late Latin rescissionem (nominative rescisio) "annulment," noun of action from past participle stem of rescindere "to cut off; abolish" (see rescind).
  • noun reversal
Example sentences :
  • It is no doubt only by reason of a condition construed into the contract that fraud is a ground of rescission.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • There was to be a restitution of property, honors, and offices, and a rescission of judicial sentences.
  • Extract from : « History of the Rise of the Huguenots » by Henry Baird
  • First, the parties can expressly and purposely declare that a treaty shall be dissolved; this is rescission.
  • Extract from : « International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) » by Lassa Francis Oppenheim

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