rescissory

[ ri-sis-uh-ree, -siz- ]

adjective

1. serving to rescind.

rescissory

/ rɪˈsɪsərɪ /

adjective

1. having the power to rescind

Other Words From

• nonre·scisso·ry adjective
• unre·scisso·ry adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rescissory¹

1595–1605; < Late Latin rescissōrius pertaining to revoking or rescinding; rescission, -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The ruling reinstates Assured's demands for rescissory and other damages and fees.

From Reuters

Assured is barred from "rescinding the policies and from obtaining the equivalent...in the form of rescissory damages", she said in her decision filed October 12.

From Reuters

No Assemblies were permitted by Cromwell after 1653; and, soon after the Restoration, Presbytery was temporarily overthrown by a series of rescissory acts.

From Project Gutenberg

Prelacy was abolished, and various obnoxious statutes were repealed, but the acts rescissory were not cancelled; presbyterianism was re-established, but the statutory recognition of the Confession of Faith took no notice of certain qualifications under which that document had originally been approved by the Assembly of 1647;4 the old rights of patrons were again discontinued, but the large powers which had been conferred on congregations by the act of 1649 were not wholly restored.

From Project Gutenberg

Sealink filed the suit against Countrywide in New York State Supreme Court yesterday, seeking unspecified compensatory, rescissory and punitive damages.

From BusinessWeek