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Webster 1913 Edition


Nullity

Nul′li-ty

(nŭl′lĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Nullities
.
[LL.
nullitias
, fr. L.
nullus
none: cf. F.
nullité
. See
Null
.]
1.
The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
2.
(Law)
Nonexistence;
as, a decree of
nullity
of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists
.
3.
That which is null.
Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a
nullity
?
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nullity

NUL'LITY

,
Noun.
1.
Nothingness; want of existence.
2.
Want of legal force, validity or efficacy.

Definition 2024


nullity

nullity

English

Noun

nullity (plural nullities)

  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
    nullity of marriage
  2. (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  3. (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

Derived terms

  • decree of nullity