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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that there are “innumerable cases in which the word ‘void’ when used in statutes, ordinances, and in a variety of other contexts has been interpreted to mean ‘voidable.”’
• observing that there are “innumerable cases in which the word ‘void’ when used in statutes, ordinances, and in a variety of other contexts has been interpreted to mean ‘voidable.”’
• “The term ‘void’ is properly applied to those contracts that are of no effect whatsoever, whereas a ‘voidable’ contract can be cured by the act or confirmation of one of the parties.” (citation omitted)
• “The word ‘void’ is not always used with technical precision.”
• “The word ‘void’ is not always used with technical precision.”
• “It is true that there is an important technical distinction between Void’ and ‘voidable’: The term ‘void’ is properly applied to those contracts that are of no effect whatsoever, whereas a ‘voidable’ contract can be cured by the act or confirmation of one of the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).