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Webster 1913 Edition
Nullity
Nul′li-ty
(nŭl′lĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Nullities
. 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 exists3.
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)
- The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
- nullity of marriage
- (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
- (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