Also known as: revoke · revokes · revoked · revoking · revocations · revocable · revocably · revocatur
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An act by which a prior grant of consent, permission, offer, acceptance, or other legal power is withdrawn or annulled, terminating the authority or right previously created.
Ravi Reddy had permitted Roland Rhodes to cross his pasture to reach a fishing stream. After a dispute, Ravi told Roland never to return. When Roland later entered anyway, the prior consent no longer shielded him from trespass liability.
Rosalind Reed allowed Robert Rivera to build a driveway across her lot after he asked whether the permission would last. Robert spent heavily constructing the drive in reliance. Rosalind later tried to revoke, but her earlier statements estopped her from denying the servitude.
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Ridgeway Partners sold custom machinery to Riverstone Manufacturing. Riverstone wrongfully revoked acceptance of conforming goods. Because the seller could not recover the price, it received damages for non-acceptance instead.
Ronald Reed's will devised stock to the trustee of a revocable trust he had created. The trust remained revocable at his death. The devise was valid and the stock passed to the trust beneficiaries rather than the residuary clause.
Rina Rahman created a trust allowing her to revoke it at any time without trustee consent. Because the instrument met the statutory definition of revocable, the trust qualified under the code provision addressing settlor powers.
Redwood Bank obtained a building permit and began foundation work. The city later revoked the permit under new zoning rules. Because the bank had made substantial expenditures in good-faith reliance, the revocation could not destroy its vested right to complete the project.
Once the possessor communicates revocation of consent to enter land, the actor who knows or has reason to know of the revocation loses the privilege to remain. Continued presence becomes a trespass.
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If the landowner permits use under circumstances making substantial change in position foreseeable and the user actually relies, the landowner is estopped from later denying a servitude.
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When a buyer justifiably revokes acceptance, the seller who cannot recover the price may still obtain damages for non-acceptance measured under the preceding UCC section.
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A will may validly devise property to the trustee of a trust that is revocable, and the devise is not invalid because the trust is amendable or revocable.
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A trust is revocable when the settlor may revoke it without the consent of the trustee or any person holding an adverse interest.
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A landowner who makes substantial expenditures in good-faith reliance on a permit or zoning may acquire a vested right that prevents later revocation from defeating completion of the project.
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…his appointment is of no concern; but when the officer is not removable at the will of the Executive the appointment is not revocable and vests legal rights which cannot be resumed. The discretion of the Executive is to be exercised until appointment is made; once made his power over the office is terminated where by law…