noun
See revocable
‘One of the most consequential effects of that new situation is the endemic porosity and frailty of all boundaries and the in-built futility, or at least the provisional nature and revocability, of all boundary drawing.’
- ‘The hallmarks of the Paris Commune were responsibility and revocability.’
- ‘A licence that is in the form of a contract might be ineffective in achieving non-revocability.’
- ‘I'm not sure that revocability of free software licences really is a problem.’
- ‘In 1746, an English judge explained the ancient doctrine of revocability as based on the petty jealousy of courts fearing ouster of their jurisdiction.’
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