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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... invalidate ... a sentence, agreement, document, [contract].  1, record 1, English, - avoid

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR

avoid a contract  2, record 1, English, - avoid

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Anéantir] en principe [rétroactivement] un contrat synallagmatique [...] par suite du défaut par une partie, ou de l'impossibilité pour elle, d’exécuter ses obligations.  1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9soudre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A novation is a new contractual relation made with the intent to extinguish a contract already in existence.  2, record 2, English, - extinguish%20a%20contract

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In the case of cancellation of a contract, the contract is extinguished with retroactive effect as of the date of conclusion, upon which the services already performed shall be returned.  3, record 2, English, - extinguish%20a%20contract

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Extended meaning. The effect may be retroactive or for the future only, depending on the situation.  2, record 3, English, - rescission%20of%20contract

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Sens étendu. L’effet peut être rétroactif, mais ne l’est pas nécessairement.  2, record 3, French, - an%C3%A9antissement%20de%20contrat

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Pour rendre la forme verbale «rescind the contract» prise en ce sens, on pourra dire :«anéantir le contrat».  2, record 3, French, - an%C3%A9antissement%20de%20contrat

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS

anéantissement de contrat : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 3, French, - an%C3%A9antissement%20de%20contrat

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The ship could have been sent in due course, but by the time it was ready and available the original purpose of the intended charter-party could not be fulfilled. Therefore, there was "practical" impossibility, or "frustration", even though there was no physical impossibility ... The commercial purpose of the original contract has been frustrated; to go on when the delaying act or event has concluded its effects would be to bind the parties by a new contract, in new and different circumstances.  3, record 4, English, - practical%20impossibility

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The current trend in the United States is to abandon the very word "impossible" and "impossibility" and to use instead the terms "impracticable" and "impracticability". This change seems, morever, to be intended to widen the scope of the doctrine of discharge by supervening events.  4, record 4, English, - practical%20impossibility

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

From the standpoint of the performing party.  5, record 4, English, - practical%20impossibility

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] la résolution du contrat a pour effet de l'anéantir et de remettre les parties en l'état où elles se trouvaient antérieurement sous la seule réserve de l'impossibilité pratique [...]  2, record 4, French, - impossibilit%C3%A9%20pratique

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Du point de vue du prestataire.  3, record 4, French, - impossibilit%C3%A9%20pratique

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

impossibilité pratique : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  4, record 4, French, - impossibilit%C3%A9%20pratique

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish