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annul Definition

an·nul (ə nul′)

transitive verb -·nulled′, -·nul′·ling

  1. to do away with; put an end to
  2. 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

annul Synonyms

annul

v.

invalidate, render void, repeal, revoke; see abolish, cancel 2. See syn. study atabolish.

annul Law Definition

v

  1. To cancel, make ineffective, invalidate, nullify, void.
  2. To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
  3. To make an ecclesiastical or judicial declaration that a marriage is void ab initio and never existed. See also divorce.
annul 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  • ground: Bankruptcy orders which are rescinded or annulled on the ground that they ought not to have been made will be removed from the register.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.