Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

voidable contract

A contract that can be affirmed or rejected at the option of one of the parties; a contract that is void as to the wrongdoer but not void as to the party wronged, unless that party elects to treat it as void."A voidable contract is a contract which, in its inception, is valid and capable of producing the results of a valid contract, but which may be 'avoided', i.e. rendered void at the option of one for even, though rarely, of both) of