Avoidance of Disposition Order in United Kingdom

Definition of Avoidance of Disposition Order

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Avoidance of Disposition Order : An order by the High Court preventing or setting aside a transaction by a husband or wife that was made to defeat his (or her) spouse’s claim to financial provision. A transaction, such as a gift, made within three years before the application is presumed to have been made in order to defeat the spouse’s claim if its effect would be to defeat her claim. But a sale of property to a purchaser in good faith will not be set aside.