vacate

vacate
va·cate vb va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing
vt
1: to make void: annul set aside
vacate a lower court order
2 a: to make vacant
b: to give up the occupancy of
vi: to vacate an office, post, or tenancy

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

vacate
I (leave) verb abandon, cease, depart, depart from, desert, empty, evacuate, exit, forgo, go away, move, move out, quit, relinquish, remove, retreat, surrender, vacuefacere, withdraw associated concepts: vacate premises II (void) verb abandon, abdicate, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, deprive offeree, disannul, do away with, eliminate, evacuate, invalidate, make void, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, recant, relinquish, render inoperative, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside associated concepts: vacate a default, vacate a judgment, vacate an award, vacate an order, vacate occupancy, vacate office III index abolish, abrogate (rescind), adeem, avoid (cancel), cancel, cease, depart, disappear, discontinue (abandon), dismiss (discharge), disown (deny the validity), evacuate, leave (depart), move (alter position), negate, nullify, quash, quit (evacuate), recant, relinquish, renege, repeal, rescind, resign, retire (conclude a career), retire (retreat), retreat, revoke, secede, withdraw

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


vacate
v.
(1) To leave; to make empty.
(2) To make void; to annul.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


vacate
1) For a judge to set aside or nullify an order or judgment that he or she finds was improper.
2) To move out of real estate and cease occupancy.
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


vacate
v.
1 To set aside or make void; to nullify; to vacate a judgment.
2 To physically leave, as in "to vacate the building.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


vacate
To annul, set aside, or render void; to surrender possession or occupancy.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


vacate
I
To annul, set aside, or render void; to surrender possession or occupancy.
II To set aside.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

vacate
v.
   1) for a judge to set aside or annul an order or judgment which he/she finds was improper.
   2) to move out of real estate and cease occupancy.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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