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avoidance

[uh-void-ns] Origin

a·void·ance

[uh-void-ns]
noun
1.
the act of avoiding or keeping away from: the avoidance of scandal; the avoidance of one's neighbors.
2.
Law. a making void; annulment.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French; see avoid, -ance

non·a·void·ance, noun
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the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person; the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on
a writing or document executed under seal and delivered to effect a conveyance, especially of real estate
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avoidance (əˈvɔɪdəns)
 
n
1.  the act of keeping away from or preventing from happening
2.  law
 a.  the act of annulling or making void
 b.  the countering of an opponent's plea with fresh evidence
3.  ecclesiastical law the state of a benefice having no incumbent

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Word Origin & History

avoidance
late 14c., "action of emptying," from avoid (q.v.). Sense of "action of dodging" is recorded from c.1600; it also meant "action of making legally invalid," 1620s; "becoming vacant" (of an office, etc.), mid-15c.
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