NULLITIES

Noun

nullities

plural of nullity

Source: Wiktionary


NULLITY

Nul"li*ty, n.; pl. Nullities. Etym: [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullité . See Null.]

1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

2. (Law)

Definition: Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.

3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUSPENDED

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