Irritant Clause
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A provision by which certain prohibited acts specified in a deed are, if committed, declared to be null and void.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A condition the happening of which avoids the instrument.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. A provision by which certain prohibited acts specified in a deed are, if committed, declared to be null and void. A resolutive clause dissolves and puts an end to the right of a proprietor on his committing the acts so declared void.