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Evitation

A shunning avoidance

Vacatura

Vacatura, an avoidance of an ecclesiastical benefice.

Devitation

An avoiding or escaping also a warning

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Elude

To avoid slyly by artifice stratagem or dexterity to escape from in a covert manner to mock by an unexpected

Shun

To avoid to keep clear of to get out of the way of to escape from to eschew as to

Lapse

when the patron does not exercise the right of presentation within six calendar months (182 days) after the avoidance of the benefice, exclusive of the day of the avoidance. In such case there is a devolution of

Void and voidable

type of void acts, transactions, decrees are those which are wholly without jurisdiction, ab initio void and for avoiding the same, no declaration is necessary, law does not take any notice of the same and it can

Land charge

must be registered a new every five years. Failure to register charges created after 1888 under Class A avoids the charge against any purchaser of land if not registered before completion of purchase; under Class B, or

Winding-up

far as the assets are insufficient to meet the claims of the general creditors. Transactions which would be avoided against an individual in his bankruptcy as a fraudulent preference (Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 44, see FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE)

deed-in-lieu

deed-in-lieu to avoid foreclosure ("in lieu" of foreclosure), a deed is given to the lender to fulfill the obligation to repay

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