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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

Of people and organizations that authored their own submissions, at least four out of five opposed the rescission of the rules, a Risk Journal analysis showed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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

And this consideration will afford a reasonable test of the cases in which fraud will warrant rescission.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

“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

If a final agreement isn’t reached by Friday, the rescissions package will expire and the funds will remain available.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 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

However, substantial further rescissions can and should be made when the war liquidation program tapers off and budgetary requirements for national defense are clarified.

From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman




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