voidable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite capable of being rescinded or voided
    rescindable.
    • the judgment was rescindable
    • voidable contracts

WordNet

Void"a*ble adjective
Definitions
  1. Capable of being voided, or evacuated.
  2. (Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.
    If the metropolitan . . . grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence. Ayliffe.
    ✍ A voidable contract may be ratified and confirmed; to render it null and of no effect, it must be avoided; a void contract can not be ratified.

Webster 1913