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Personally interested

gained, or of a loss or some disadvantage to be avoided by one who was said to be so interested, Jokhan

that the order is invalid or illegal. It can be avoided. There are degrees of invalidity, depending upon the gravity of

Voidable act is that which is a good act unless avoided, e.g., if a suit is filed for a declaration that

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Failure to register charges created after 1888 under Class A avoids the charge against any purchaser of land if not registered

matter of the declaration; in the latter, to confess and avoid it. Pleas in bar were consequently divided into (1) pleas

as the requester is concerned; and a false read-ing will avoid it so far as it was misread (1 Touch. P.

deed-in-lieu to avoid foreclosure ("in lieu" of foreclosure), a deed is given to

on the assertion that the criminal act was committed to avoid the commission of an even greater evil called also lesser

a pleading) as the time of its effect esp. to avoid a time limit [the relation back of amendments to the

to try (criminal offenses or defendants) separately in order to avoid prejudice b : to split (a criminal trial) into multiple

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