vitiate a contract

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• vitiate — vi·ti·ate / vi shē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to make ineffective fraud vitiate s a contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Vitiate — Vi ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitiating}.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See {Vice} a fault.] [Written also {viciate}.] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vitiate — [vish′ē āt΄] vt. vitiated, vitiating [< L vitiatus, pp. of vitiare, to vitiate < vitium,VICE1] 1. to make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt 2. to weaken morally; debase; pervert 3. to make (a contract, or other legal instrument)… …   English World dictionary

• vitiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice Date: 1534 1. to make faulty or defective ; impair < the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste William Styron > 2. to debase in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vitiate — To impair; to make void or voidable; to cause to fail of force or effect. To destroy or annul, either entirely or in part, the legal efficacy and binding force of an act or instrument; as when it is said that fraud vitiates a contract …   Black's law dictionary

• English contract law — is an influential system regulating the law of contract that operates in England and Wales. Its doctrines form the basis of contract law across the Commonwealth, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa and more generally… …   Wikipedia

• Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage —     Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage     Marriage is that individual union through which man and woman by their reciprocal rights form one principle of generation. It is… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• menace — To threaten; make threats. An unlawful threat of duress or injury to the person, property or character of another. Odorizzi v. Bloomfield School Dist., 246 C.A.2d 123, 54 Cal.Rptr. 533, 538. Menace may constitute a ground for divorce, or duress… …   Black's law dictionary

• menace — To threaten; make threats. An unlawful threat of duress or injury to the person, property or character of another. Odorizzi v. Bloomfield School Dist., 246 C.A.2d 123, 54 Cal.Rptr. 533, 538. Menace may constitute a ground for divorce, or duress… …   Black's law dictionary

• viciate — Vitiate Vi ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitiating}.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See {Vice} a fault.] [Written also {viciate}.] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vitiated — Vitiate Vi ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitiating}.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See {Vice} a fault.] [Written also {viciate}.] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English