annul
annul
Definition
an·nul (ə nul′)
transitive verb -·nulled′, -·nul′·ling
- to do away with; put an end to
- to make no longer binding under the law; invalidate; cancel
Etymology: ME annullen < OFr anuller < LL(Ec) annullare, to bring to nothing < L ad-, to + nullum, nothing, neut. of nullus: see null
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Synonyms
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Law Definition
v
- To cancel, make ineffective, invalidate, nullify, void.
- To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
- To make an ecclesiastical or judicial declaration that a marriage is void ab initio and never existed. See also divorce.
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Usage Examples
Object
- marriage: You must apply to annul the marriage within a reasonable period of time, in some cases this will be three years.
- decision: The Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court of Justice shall have powers to quash or annul decisions of the lower courts.
- order: Unlike an order annulling a bankruptcy order such an order does not re-vest the property in the discharged bankrupt.
- law: Do not think that I came to annul the Law or the Prophets.
- regulation: In a vote to annul the regulations, the government scraped home with a majority of two.
- election: To annul an election, some requirements need to be met.
Preposition: on
- ground: Bankruptcy orders which are rescinded or annulled on the ground that they ought not to have been made will be removed from the register.
Subject
- court: If you are not correctly informed, you can protest and even have the results of the meeting annulled by a court.
Modifying Another Word
- then: Great time and care has been taken to measure and then annul the magnetic effect of all machinery and stores within the ship.
- not: Any error or omission therein shall not annul the sale, nor shall any compensation be allowed on either side.
- partially: The CFI has partially annulled the Commission's decision to order recovery of restructuring and privatization state aid by Germany to German companies.
- subsequently: Although the record is patchy, Stubb's election was subsequently annulled on the basis that he failed to submit the requisite Diploma work.
- completely: Last Saturday Belgian newspaper Standaard wrote that the two companies had postponed the merger, but now the move has been completely annulled.
- immediately: The non-military sanctions should, in UNA-UK's view, be annulled immediately and comprehensively.
Used with why or when
- what: So God annulled what Satan had suggested and God established His verses i.e. you are just like the prophets and apostles.
- when: The terms were harsh for Russia, but were annulled when Germany was defeated by the Allies in November.
Present participle complement
- follow: Any order prescribing such a regulator will be laid before Parliament and may be annulled following a resolution of either House.
Preposition: by
- court: If you are not correctly informed, you can protest and even have the results of the meeting annulled by a court.
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