Disaffirmance
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The repudiation of a former transaction. The refusal by one who has the right to refuse, (as in the case of a voidable contract,) to abide by his former acts, or accept the legal consequences of the same. It may either be “express” (in words) or “implied” from acts expressing the intention of the partly to disregard the obligations of the contract.