Set aside

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to disagree with and overturn (a decision or act of a lower tribunal) upon review
: See also overrule See also vacate<set aside the decree>
2  : to deprive of legal effect or force
: See also annul See also void<may set aside the contract>



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criminal assault

an assault considered as a crime rather than as a tort


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