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quash /'kwäsh, 'kwȯsh/ vt [Anglo-French quasser, from Middle French casser quasser, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus void]: to make void: annul (2)quash a subpoena
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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abate, abolish, annul, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, destroy, disannul, discard, disestablish, dismiss, dispel, dissolve, end, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, infirmare, inritum facere, invalidate, make void, nullify, obliterate, overrule, overthrow, overturn, overwelm, put an end to, put down, quell, quench, repeal, repress, rescind, rescindere, reverse, squelch, stop, subdue, suppress, terminate, vacate, withdraw
associated concepts: motion to quash, quash a subpoena
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abate (extinguish), abolish, abrogate (annul), cancel, censor, condemn (ban), contain (restrain), discharge (release from obligation), disinherit, dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), enjoin, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, kill (defeat), negate, nullify, obliterate, overcome (surmount), overthrow, overwhelm, prohibit, refute, repeal, rescind, revoke, subjugate, suppress, upset, vacate (void), vitiate, withdraw,
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To reject, suppress, or end; to make legally invalid.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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to annul.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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To annul or set aside. A motion to quash asks the judge for an order setting aside or nullifying an action, such as quashing a service of summons when the wrong person was served.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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v.1 To suppress a legal document, particularly a subpoena, for reasons based on defect in manner of service or for other procedural or substantive reasons that invalidate the document; to void or terminate; to vacate a judicial decision.2 To suppress, as in quashing an uprising or revolt.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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To overthrow; to annul; to make void or declare invalid; e.g., "quash a subpoena."
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To overthrow; to annul; to make void or declare invalid; e.g., "quash a subpoena."II To vacate or void a summons, subpoena, etc.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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v.to annul or set aside. In law, a motion to quash asks the judge for an order setting aside or nullifying an action, such as "quashing" service of a summons when the wrong person was served.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
