DISAFFIRMANCE OF CONTRACTS.— A person is said to
disaffirm a voidable contract when he refuses to be bound by its
terms. The right of disaffii-mance may be exerted by one who
has entered into a contract while under disability. He is allowed
a reasonable time after the disability is removed. As in the case
of a minor, a man must disaffirm his contract wifhin a reasonable
time after becoming twenty-one years of age. Should the minor
die before reaching his majority, the contract may be disaffirmed
in the same manner in his behalf, by the administrator of his
estate. What would be a reasonable time depends on the cir-
cumstances of each case.
In one case a minor sold a promissory note, received the pur-
chase money, and endorsed the note to the purchaser, and for
eleven months after she arrived at her majority, made no offer to
return the purchase money or disaffirm the sale. It was held that
eleven months was an unreasonable time, and she therefore could
not recover the note.
Disaffii-mance must be manifested by some positive act. The
party disaffirming must do or say something to show that he
avoids the contract. Thus it is held that where a minor grantor
of land on attaining his majority executes another deed, this
second deed will avoid the first.
AFFIRMANCE. — A voidable contract may be affirmed within
a reasonable time after (not before) the disability is removed,
either.
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(1) By express ratification in words; or

(2) By acts whicli imply aflBxmance; or

(3) By omission to disaffirm.
