Definition of "set aside" [set aside]

• To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. (verb)
• To disagree with something and reject or overturn it. (verb)
• To declare something invalid or null and void. (verb)

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• "The individual efforts of the Indians, owing to their indolence, soon proved to be inadequate, whereupon separate plots were set aside as common fields, called Tupamba, i. e."
• "This is of two kinds: rebuttable (juris simpliciter), which may be set aside by contrary proof; conclusive"
• "The prevailing theory amongst Probabilists holds that if five or six theologians, notable for prudence and learning, independently adhere to an opinion their view is solidly probable, if it has not been set aside by authoritative decisions or by intrinsic arguments which they have failed to solve."