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fatal

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1 : causing failure of a legal claim or cause of action [a defect in the proceedings "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"]
2 : making something (as a contract) invalid or unenforceable [there is a indefiniteness with the result that the agreement is void "J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo"]
fa·tal·ly adv