revocation (noun)

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• revocation — revoke re‧voke [rɪˈvəʊk ǁ ˈvoʊk] verb [transitive] LAW to officially state that a law, official document, agreement etc is no longer effective: • We had no alternative but to revoke the contract. revocable adjective : • Four events are mentioned… …   Financial and business terms

• revocation — revoke ► VERB ▪ end the validity or operation of (a decree, decision, or promise). DERIVATIVES revocable adjective revocation noun revoker noun. ORIGIN Latin revocare call back …   English terms dictionary

• revocation — rev·o·ca·tion /ˌre və kā shən/ n: an act or instance of revoking Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. revocation …   Law dictionary

• revocation — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin revocation , revocatio, from revocare Date: 15th century an act or instance of revoking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• revocation — (n.) early 15c., from L. revocationem (nom. revocatio) a calling back, recalling, noun of action from revocare (see REVOKE (Cf. revoke)) …   Etymology dictionary

• revocation — noun 1. the state of being cancelled or annulled • Syn: ↑annulment • Hypernyms: ↑state 2. the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done the revocation of a law • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• revocation — noun An act or instance of revoking …   Wiktionary

• revocation — noun (C, U) the act of revoking a law, decision etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• revocation — /ˌrevəυ keɪʃ(ə)n/ noun an action of cancelling something which has previously been agreed ● the revocation of the bank’s licence by the central bank …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• revocation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. annulment, repeal, repudiation; see cancellation , retraction . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of reversing or annulling: recall, repeal, rescission, reversal. See CONTINUE, LAW …   English dictionary for students

• revocation — /rɛvəˈkeɪʃən/ (say revuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the act of revoking; annulment. 2. Law nullification or withdrawal, as of an offer to contract, a will, or a right of agency. {late Middle English, from Latin revocātio} –revocatory /ˈrɛvəkeɪtəri/ (say… …