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abate
: to put an end to or do away with [ a nuisance] b : make void : nullify [ an action] 2 : to reduce in amount esp. proportionately [ a tax] vi 1 : to
Nullity of marriage
Nullity of marriage, a matrimonial suit instituted for the purpose of obtaining a decree, declaring that a supposed marriage
Diriment impediments
Diriment impediments, absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio, See IMPEDIMENTS.
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Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree
fundamental and a decree or order passed by a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at any stage, even in execution or collateral proceedings.
Impedimentum dirimens
is not removed by the actual solemnisation of the rite, but continues in force and makes the marriage null and void (opposed to impedimentum impediens). See Sanchez de Matrimonio, lib. 7, disputatio 6.
Irritant clause
Irritant clause, a provision by which certain prohibited acts specified in a deed are declared to be null and void. A resolute clause dissolves and puts an end to the right of a proprietor on his
Lyndhurst's (Lord) Act
(5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 54) rendered marriages within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity absolutely null and void. Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely. See MARRIAGE.
Preterition
Preterition, the entire omission of a child's name in the father's will, which rendered it null-exhereda-tion being allowed, but not preterition, Civ. Law, Colquhoun, s. 1304.
Overruling
an act of superior jurisdiction. A precedent overruled is definitely and formally deprived of all authority. If becomes null and void, like a repealed statute, and a new principle is authoritatively substituted for the old, Jurisprudence 189
Corn Sales Act, 1921 (English)
terms of and by reference to the one hundred weight of 112 imperial standard pounds, otherwise transactions are null and void. The Act also applies to dried peas, dried beans, linseed and potatoes, and to the seeds
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