defeasible

(dĭ-fē'zə-bəl)
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.

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.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

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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