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Definition of Nullification
1. Noun. The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress.
2. Noun. The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something.
Generic synonyms: Change Of State
Specialized synonyms: Cancellation, Vitiation, Counteraction, Neutralisation, Neutralization, Neutralisation, Neutralization
Derivative terms: Nullify, Nullify, Override, Override
Definition of Nullification
1. n. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
Definition of Nullification
1. Noun. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. ¹
2. Noun. removal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nullification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nullification
Literary usage of Nullification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess (1897)
"CHAPTER X. Nullification The Indian Question in Georgia—The Indian Springs
Convention —The Repudiation of the Agreement—The Controversy between the ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Nullification tracts, pamphlets, and speeches were scattered not only over South
... Speakers went about telling the voters that nullification was a ..."
3. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"I soon discovered what it was—that it came from the promulgation of the twenty-four
regular toasts, which savored of the new doctrine of nullification ; and ..."
4. State Documents on Federal Relations: The States and the United States by Herman Vandenburg Ames (1906)
"Ordinance of Nullification of South Carolina. November 24, 1832. ... The Union
Party in South Carolina attempted to defeat nullification by putting forward ..."
5. Select Documents Illustrative of the History of the United States, 1776-1861 by William MacDonald (1898)
"South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification November 24, 1832 THE opposition of
the South, ... Of the 162 delegates present, 136 favored nullification. ..."
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