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cancellation

cancellation also can·cel·a·tion n 1 : the act or an instance of cancelling 2 : a mark made to

Vacate

Singh Sibia v. Vijay Kumar Sood, AIR 1992 SC 1540 (1541): (1992) SCC 70. 1. To notify or cancel; make void; invalidate 2. To surrender occupying or possession, to move out or leave, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

terminate

vt 1 : to bring to a definite end esp. before a natural conclusion [ a contract] compare cancel, rescind 2 : to discontinue the employment of ter·mi·na·tion [tər-mə-nā-shən] n

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Title to lands, Documents of

12. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 28, as amended, 'Whosoever shall, for any fraudulent purpose, destroy, cancel, obliterate, or conceal the whole or any part of any document of title to lands, shall be guilty

rescind

positions before the contract was made [denied that the other party had the right to the contract] compare cancel, terminate 3 : to make void by the same or by a superior authority [ a regulation] vi

surrender

[ collateral to a creditor] b : to give up completely or agree to forgo c : to cancel (one's insurance policy) voluntarily 2 : to give over to the custody of the law [ a defendant]

remit

from the guilt or penalty of b : to refrain from exacting [ a tax] c : to cancel or refrain from inflicting [ the fine] 2 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or

Countermand

To revoke a former command to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given as to countermand an order for goods

Dissolve

Dissolve, to put an end to, cancel, abrogate, annul; applied to an injunction in Chancery; as discharge is to a rule nisi in Common Law.

Distress

Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 24), has extended the power of a county Court judge to cancel a bailiff's certificate, and otherwise amended the Act of 1888; and see the County Courts Act, 1934, ss.

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