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Set aside

Meaning in law, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In law, set aside means: To cancel a court order, judgment or arbitration award so that it no longer has any legal effect.

In Turkish: bozmak, kaldırmak, iptal etmek

How it is used

Used by courts and in applications: 'apply to set aside a default judgment', 'the award was set aside'. In arbitration, a 'set-aside application' asks the courts at the seat of arbitration to cancel the award.

Example sentences

  1. The defendant applied to set aside the judgment because he never received the claim form.

  2. The court refused to set aside the arbitration award.

Common collocations

  • set aside a judgment
  • set aside an award
  • application to set aside
  • set aside on appeal
  • overturnTo officially cancel or reverse a decision of a lower court, so that it no longer has any effect.
  • judgmentThe final decision of a court in a case, together with the reasons the judge gives for it; also the written document that contains this decision.
  • appealTo ask a higher court to review and change the decision of a lower court; also used as a noun for this request.
  • dismissTo reject a case, claim or appeal so that it does not go any further; also to end someone's employment.

More terms: Judgments, Appeals & Remedies

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