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Definition of Nullity

1. Noun. The state of nonexistence.

2. Noun. Something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity).

Definition of Nullity

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

Definition of Nullity

1. Noun. the state of being null, or void, or invalid (e.g. '''''nullity''' of marriage'') ¹

2. Noun. (legal) : A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a '''nullity,''' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nullity

1. something of no legal force [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nullity

nulling nullings nullipara nulliparae nulliparas nulliparity nulliparous nulliploid nulliploidy nullipore

nullipores nullipotent nullisomic nullisomics nullities nullity (current term) nullius filius nullius in bonis nullness nullomer

nullomers nulls num numb numb(p) numbat numbats numbed numbedness number

Literary usage of Nullity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"The nullity of a Contract. \ 380. Origin of the Theory of nullity. ... The nullity of a Contract, in the very old law, arises chiefly from the failure to ..."

2. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"When Is Adjudication a "nullity."—When is a decree of adjudication of bankruptcy a nullity?43 In re New York Tunnel Co., 21 ABR 531, 166 Fed. ..."

3. A Digest of the Law of England with Reference to the Conflict of Laws by Albert Venn Dicey (1896)
"DECLARATION OF nullity OF MARRIAGE. RULE 50.4 — The Court has jurisdiction to entertain a suit for the declaration of the nullity of any existing ..."

4. Mistake in Contract: A Study in Comparative Jurisprudence by Edwin Corwin McKeag (1905)
"The mistake is a ground neither of nullity nor for further fulfilment, which latter depends on the terms of the contract itself. If, however, the contract ..."

5. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce: With the Evidence, Practice by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1881)
"In the series of chapters constituting the present Book, we are to consider only the defences which are available in divorce and nullity suits generally, ..."

6. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"But, even when the man discovers that the woman has a previous husband living, she will, as a rule, be awarded a sum to defend an action of nullity. ..."

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