vacatur
Court ruling undone
Vacatur is a legal term for the act of setting aside or annulling a judgment or order.
A court may grant a vacatur when a conviction is overturned or a settlement requires expunging the record: The appeals court issued a vacatur of the original verdict.
The word comes from Latin for "it is vacated."
Reserved for future use
- dismissalRemoval from position
- abatementDecrease in force
- stayRemain in position
- remandReturn for further proceedings
reversal · overturn · reconsideration · modification · amendment · retrial · rehearing · reinstatement
set-aside
Reserved for future use
remand · reversal · overturn · reconsideration · modification · amendment · retrial · rehearing · reinstatement · restoration
court order
Binding judicial directive
petition · writ · docket · hearing · appeal · remand · mandamus · circuit court · jurisdiction · litigation
void
Without legal effect
invalidate · nullify · abrogate · repeal · cancel · expunge · dissolve · negate · set aside · revoke
vacaturaffirmance
Judicial upholding of ruling
affirmation · confirmation · upholding · reinstatement · validation
- summer vacationWarm-season break from school
- on vacationAway for leisure time
- family vacationRelatives traveling together recreationally
- dream vacationIdealized travel fantasy
- vacation timeAllotted leave from employment
- vacation dayEmployer-granted leave day
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