vacate

v. give up, leave (an apartment, a seat, etc.); relinquish an office; annul

A vacated judgment is the result of the judgment of an appellate court which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court. A trial court also has the power, under certain circumstances (usually involving fraud or lack of jurisdiction over the parties to a case) to vacate its own judgments. Relief from judgment in the United States district courts is governed by Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A vacated judgment makes the original judgment legally void. A vacated judgment frees the parties to re-litigate the issues subject to the vacated judgment.
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Verb
1. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
(synonym) resign, renounce, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate, renounce
2. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
(synonym) empty, abandon
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
3. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
(synonym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
(derivation) vacation

v. be vacant

(v. t.)
To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
  

(v. t.)
To defeat; to put an end to.
  

(v. t.)
To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.