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Definition of Annulment
1. Noun. The state of being cancelled or annulled.
2. Noun. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc).
Generic synonyms: Breakup, Dissolution
Specialized synonyms: Dissolution Of Marriage
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Annul, Invalidate, Invalidate
3. Noun. The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
Specialized synonyms: Derogation, Vacation, Recall, Revocation
Generic synonyms: Cancellation
Derivative terms: Abrogate, Annul, Repeal
Definition of Annulment
1. n. The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
Definition of Annulment
1. Noun. An act or instance of annulling. ¹
2. Noun. A state of having been annulled. ¹
3. Noun. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract ¹
4. Noun. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it. ¹
5. Noun. (archaic) Total destruction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Annulment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annulment
Literary usage of Annulment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Law of Partnership: Including a Full Consideration of Joint ...by Scott Rowley by Scott Rowley (1916)
"annulment of partnership.—The question of the annulment of partnerships is here
treated, not as a form of dissolution, but as analogous thereto. ..."
2. Marriage and Divorce Legislation in Sweden by Johan Thorsten Sellin (1922)
"THE annulment OF THE MARRIAGE Par. 1. If a marriage has been entered into in
spite of impediments mentioned in chapter 2, paragraphs 7, 9, or 10, ..."
3. Handbook on the Law of Partnership, Including Limited Partnerships by Eugene Allen Gilmore (1911)
"The distinction is very much the same as between a divorce and an annulment of
a marriage. Where a divorce is procured, the marriage is recognized as valid. ..."
4. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, Giving the Law in All the States and by Frank H. Keezer (1906)
"Grounds for annulment of marriage. § 55. Distinction between " divorce " and "
nullity." Although the term "divorce" is sometimes used to designate a suit ..."
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