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Definitions for rescission
rɪˈsɪʒ ənrescis·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recission, rescissionnoun

    (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

    "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent"

Wiktionary

  1. rescissionnoun

    An act of removing, taking away, or taking back.

  2. rescissionnoun

    The undoing of a contract; repeal.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rescissionnoun

    The act of cutting off; abrogation.

    Etymology: rescission, Fr. rescissus, Lat.

    If any infer rescission of their estate to have been for idolatry, that the governments of all idolatrous nations should be also dissolved, it followeth not. Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rescissionnoun

    the act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment

  2. Etymology: [L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission. See Rescind.]

Wikidata

  1. Rescission

    In contract law, rescission has been defined as the unmaking of a contract between parties. Rescission is the unwinding of a transaction. This is done to bring the parties, as far as possible, back to the position in which they were before they entered into a contract.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rescission in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rescission in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rescission in a Sentence

  1. Brent Blakely:

    Today, Essential Essential Consultants LLC and Michael Cohen have effectively put an end to the lawsuits filed against them by Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels, the rescission of the Confidential Settlement Agreement will result in Ms. Clifford returning to Essential Consultants the $ 130,000 she received in consideration, as required by California law.

  2. Cory Gardner:

    Late Wednesday, I received a commitment from the President that the Department of Justice's rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado's legal marijuana industry, furthermore, President Trump has assured me that President Trump will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states' rights issue once and for all.

  3. State Department:

    The rescission of Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism reflects our assessment that Cuba meets the statutory criteria.

  4. Gene Dodaro:

    Under the law, which was passed in 1974... the President can propose to Congress to rescind the money. The only way that would hold is if Congress says, yes, we agree. And Congress has 45 days to respond, what this opinion says is if Comptroller General Gene Dodaro try to withhold the money, and don't give Congress the 45 days, and the money expires toward the end of the year, that's not a proper rescission.

  5. Gary Lavine:

    We promulgated a rule having to do with applications for outside activity — meaning outside income. The rule requires a vote of the commission. But there was no vote on the book deal, in fact it was never presented to us. The staff took the position that no vote of the commission was necessary. I will move tomorrow to rescind the informal opinion, the grounds for rescission on the approval is the material misrepresentation that there would be no state resources used to write the book and effective its publication.

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