Comparative law notes
In an insolvency law context: under US bankruptcy law, the term avoidance has a distinct meaning. So-called "avoidance powers" allow the party invoking them, usually the trustee on behalf of creditors, to void (essentially nullify) certain transactions that the debtor made before filing for bankruptcy. Such translations may constitute fraudulent conveyances or may have been executing within a certain statutorily defined window of time prior to the bankruptcy filing.