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nullity

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nul·li·ty  (nl-t)
n. pl. nul·li·ties
1. The state or quality of being null.
2. Something that is null, especially an act having no legal validity.
nullity [ˈnʌlɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the state of being null
2. (Law) a null or legally invalid act or instrument
3. something null, ineffective, characterless, etc.
[from Medieval Latin nullitās, from Latin nullus no, not any]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nullity - the state of nonexistence
nihility, nothingness, void
nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing
thin air - nowhere to be found in a giant void; "it vanished into thin air"
2.nullity - something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
nullity
noun invalidity, voidness, non-legality When there has been no legal marriage a judge may pronounce a decree of nullity.
Translations
nullity [ˈnʌlɪtɪ] N → nulidad f
nullity
n (Jur) → Ungültigkeit f, → Nichtigkeit f
nullity [ˈnʌlɪtɪ] n → nullità
nullity [ˈnʌlɪtɪ] n → nullità


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Pullet's character was not of that entire nullity which might otherwise have been attributed to it.
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