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Vacate

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005130

To set aside, annul, or render void a judgment, order, or legal proceeding. A court can vacate its own prior ruling or an appellate court can vacate a lower court's decision, effectively nullifying its legal force. This action restores the parties to the position they were in before the vacated order was issued.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005130
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005130",
  "term": "Vacate",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "To set aside, annul, or render void a judgment, order, or legal proceeding. A court can vacate its own prior ruling or an appellate court can vacate a lower court's decision, effectively nullifying its legal force. This action restores the parties to the position they were in before the vacated order was issued.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/vacate/"
}

Record 5,254 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.