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(1) To move out. (2) To release and give up, such as a city agreeing to vacate a public street and return it to private ownership. (3) To set aside, such as a judge vacating a previously entered order.

Example: At one time residents needed an alley behind their homes so the coal trucks could make deliveries for home heating fuel. Today, there is no longer any need for truck deliveries behind the homes; the residents petition the city for an order vacating the alley and giving the land to adjoining landowners.

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While it may be true that the act of vacating an opinion diminishes its value as binding precedent, it has no effect on the persuasiveness of the decision.

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Illustrating the effectiveness of barter in a sublet situation, he noted that the vacating tenant exchanges the right to occupy the space with the barter comPany and receives, in return, 100 .

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Businesses will continue to take advantage of New York City market conditions by vacating space in older, less attractive buildings and relocating to higher-quality, better-located properties at rentals below what they had been paying in their vacated space.

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