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Oct 30, 2001 12:53
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German term

Widerrufsrecht

German to English Law/Patents
Right of retraction,
or right of withdrawal?

(Termination agreement)

Proposed translations

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right to revocation/revocation right

as per Dietl Lorenz
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agree Beate Lutzebaeck : Definitely!
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agree Alison Schwitzgebel
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right of withdrawal

Widerrufsrecht
Reference AbEG C 288/1995,S.4
Note Verbraucherschutz
English Term right of withdrawal
Definition for any distance contract,the consumer shall have a period of not less than seven days in which he may withdraw from the contract without penalty,without giving any reason
Peer comment(s):

disagree Beate Lutzebaeck : Different context here - termination agreement
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23 mins

power of revocation

Per Romain: power of revocation

And Schäfer lists:
Widerrufsrecht n
(Re) right to . . . annul/cancel/revoke

Might depend on your exact context whether power of revocation or right to annul (maybe cancel) works best.

Conveyances with power of revocation, void. Every conveyance or charge of or upon any estate or ...
www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/01Stat0240.pdf

... A power appendant is where a person has an estate in land, with a power of revocation
and appointment, the execution of which falls within the compass of his ...
www.lectlaw.com/def2/p129.htm

Once a trust has been validly constituted, the settlor no longer has any interest, and cannot revoke the settlement. However, a settlor could arrange for a specific power of revocation to be included in the Trust Deed, thereby making the trust revocable.
www.skyefid.com/iomtrust/variation.htm


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Right to rescind or retract or revoke

Given that the context is a termination agreement it seems unlikely that it would be a right to withdraw.
To narrow down the choices one really needs to have the immediate context, i.e., the sentence in which the word appears and maybe a little bit more.

I am a lawyer and my answer is based upon personal experience Dietl's Dictionary of Legal Terms
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