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rescission

[ri-sizh-uhn] / rɪˈsɪʒ ən /


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The D.A.’s office pushed for a rescission hearing, which was granted in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Federal officials said the rescission will remove the national designation of roadless areas but does not mandate timber cutting or road construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In California, for instance, “if you are seeking rescission based on fraud, then the statute of limitations will likely be three years,” Klein & Wilson says.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

It held that the lower court’s rescission was an inequitable remedy and reinstated Musk’s compensation plan.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

SEE Blashfield, De Witt C.   A treatise on the rescission of     contracts.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Johnson said the issue will likely have to be decided by the Supreme Court, which approved Vought’s rescissions in 2025 because they pertained to national security.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The appropriations bills, reconciliation, rescissions, all the different tools we are using. . . . It’s the end of futility,” Mr. Vought says in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

From then on, presidents had to request rescissions from Congress—essentially asking permission to withhold funds after they had been included in an appropriations bill.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2025

Similarly, the significant health and climate benefits sacrificed with these rescissions disproportionately harm people with compromised health and communities with high exposure to pollution or weather impacts.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2025

In 30 days I will send back to you those items as rescissions, which if I had the authority to line them out I would do so.

From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan


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