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defeasible

 
Dictionary: de·fea·si·ble   (dĭ-fē'zə-bəl) pronunciation
 
adj.

Capable of being annulled or invalidated: a defeasible claim to an estate.

defeasibility de·fea'si·bil'i·ty or de·fea'si·ble·ness n.
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Capable of being overturned by further events. At law a judgement is defeasible if a higher court may overturn it. A proposition is defeasible if further evidence may render it doubtful.

 
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Potentially subject to defeat, termination, or annulment upon the occurrence of a future action or event, or the performance of a condition subsequent.

The most common legal application of the term is with respect to estates as interest in land, such as in the case of a conveyance or a life estate, which is defeasible upon the happening of a certain specified event, for example, the death of the person holding such an interest.

 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
  Antonym: indefeasible (meaning #1)


 
 
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