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Obrogate

To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one

strike down

strike down : annul nullify [the trustee…can strike down transfers "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ;esp : to declare (a

Redhibition

The annulling of a sale and the return by the buyer of the article sold on account of some defect

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Disannulment

Complete annulment

Infirmative

Weakening annulling or tending to make void

Marriage

of marriage, which is of comparatively modern date. The strictness of Lord Hardwicke's Act led to marriages being annulled through misnomers in the banns by the fault of one party in putting them up. And the requiring

Adultery

Adultery [ad. Lat., and alter, another person], anciently termed Advowtry (quasi ad alterius thorum). The sin of incontinence between two married persons, or it may be where only one of them is married, in which case...

Desertion

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg....

Quadriennium utile

utile, means a four-year period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any contract under seal made while the person was a minor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252.

Rules of Court

Orders made thereunder should come into force as soon as made, subject to the power of Parliament to annul them afterwards (see, e.g., Chancery Procedure Act, 1858, s. 12), while that of the Common Law Procedure Acts,

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