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nullification

DEFINITIONS OF: nullification

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n the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Synonyms:
override
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cancellation
the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
vitiation
nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null
counteraction, neutralisation, neutralization
action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
neutralisation, neutralization
action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
abrogation, annulment, repeal
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
write-off
the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
attainder, civil death
cancellation of civil rights
recission, rescission
(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made
Type of:
change of state
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

n the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

Type of:
states' rights
a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
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