(Law) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed. "If the metropolitan... grants letters of administration, such administration is not, but voidable by sentence." Note: A voidable contract may be ratified and confirmed; to render it null and of no effect, it must be avoided; a void contract can not be ratified.
... before marriage is in Scotland rendered legitimate by their subsequent marriage, but in England the offspring remains illegitimate whether the parents marry or not after its birth. The offspring of voidable or invalid marriages may be made legitimate by application ... — Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson
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