nullity

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Thân thiện

A judge declares the old law a nullity.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state of being legally or officially void; invalidity: "nullity" refers to the condition of having no legal force or effect, often applied to contracts, marriages, or laws.
   • The state of being nothing; nonexistence: "nullity" can describe a complete lack of existence, substance, or significance.
   • A person or thing of no importance or consequence: "nullity" can denote an entity that is utterly without value, effectiveness, or worth.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Legal Invalidity):

  • The court declared the contract a nullity due to fraud.
  • The marriage was annulled and considered a legal nullity.

• Noun (Nonexistence or Insignificance):

  • The philosopher pondered the nullity of space beyond the universe.
  • His promises were revealed to be a complete nullity.

• Noun (Person/Thing of No Value):

  • After the scandal, he was treated as a nullity in political circles.
  • The old regulations are a nullity in the modern digital age.

Advanced Usage

• "To be reduced to nullity": to be made completely insignificant or void.
  • The treaty was reduced to nullity after the war.
• "Absolute nullity": (Legal term) a defect so severe that something is void from the outset, as if it never existed.
  • A contract signed under duress is an absolute nullity.

Variants and Related Words

• Null (adj): having no legal or binding force; invalid.
• Nullify (verb): to make legally null and void; to cancel out.
• Annulment (noun): a legal declaration that a marriage is null and void.

Synonyms

• Invalidity: lack of legal efficacy.
• Voidness: the quality of being completely empty or invalid.
• Nonexistence: the state of not existing.
• Nonentity: a person or thing of no importance.

Antonyms

• Validity: the quality of being legally sound or effective.
• Existence: the state of being real or alive.
• Importance: the quality of being significant or of consequence.

Related Phrases

• Decree of nullity: (Legal phrase) an official order declaring something, especially a marriage, legally invalid.
  • The church granted a decree of nullity.
• Null and void: a common legal phrase meaning completely invalid.
  • The clause was declared null and void.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
2. the state of nonexistence

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nothingness
• void
• nihility