rescission
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Similarly, a mistake can justify rescission when both parties are wrong about an essential fact, the law firm says.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
At the current spot price of $5,300 per metric ton, the minister added, the country "stands to raise additional revenue of US$60 million... each year resulting from Trump's tariff rescission".
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Even McConnell voted to approve the $9-billion rescission request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Agrippa secured for a short time the rescission of the fateful decree, but the capricious madman soon returned to his old frame of mind, and ordered his image to be set up immediately.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman
“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
No additional authorizations or appropriations will be necessary for the Maritime Commission since sufficient balances will be left after the above-mentioned rescissions to carry out the program now contemplated for the fiscal year 1947.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
