NULLIFICATION

nullification, override

(noun) the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

nullification

(noun) the states’-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nullification (countable and uncountable, plural nullifications)

The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

removal

Source: Wiktionary


Nul`li*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. nullificatio contempt. See Nullify.]

Definition: The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 April 2025

BRIGHT

(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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