set aside (redirected from set-aside)

To cancel, annul, or revoke a judgment or order.

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set aside v. to annul or negate a court order or judgment by another court order. Example: a court dismisses a complaint believing the case had been settled. Upon being informed by a lawyer's motion that the lawsuit was not settled, the judge will issue an order to "set aside" the original dismissal.

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set aside (Annul), verb abandon, abjure, abnegate, abrogate, accumulate, amass, cast off, discard, dispense with, dispose of, disuse, drop, omit, reject, relegate, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, shunt, spurn
Associated concepts: set aside a verdict

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set aside (Reserve), verb keep in reserve, lay aside, pigeonhole, pile up, put aside, put away, save up, set apart, shelve, store up

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See also: abandon, abolish, abrogate, allocate, annul, cancel, dedicate, defer, delay, designate, devote, disapprove, disavow, discharge, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dispel, eliminate, exclude, follow, hoard, hold, hold up, invalid, isolate, leave, negate, null, null and void, override, overrule, possess, postpone, reject, relinquish, repeal, repudiate, rescind, reserve, seclude, sequester, succeed, supersede, vacate, void, waive

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TO SET ASIDE. To annul; to make void; as to set aside an award.
     2. When proceedings are irregular they may be set aside on, motion of the party whom they injuriously affect.