Nullifier - Law Dictionary Search Results
strike down
strike down : annul nullify [the trustee…can strike down transfers "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ;esp : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable [the court struck down death penalty provisions "L. H. Tribe"]
Nullification
The act of nullifying a rendering void and of no effect or of no legal effect
Kulturkampf
Lit culture war a name originating with Virchow 1821 1902 given to a struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government chiefly over the latters efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the...
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legislative veto
legislative veto : a resolution passed by one or both houses of a legislature that is intended to nullify an administrative regulation or action
extinguish
extinguish 1 : to cause the nonexistence of : do away with 2 : to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : nullify 3 : to get rid of (a debt or other...
abate
abate abat·ed abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a-, prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a : to put an end to or do away with [ a nuisance] b...
Restraint of marriage
without a particular person's consent. Consult Theobald on Wills. A condition (esp. in a gift or bequest, that nullifies the grant to which it applies of the grantee marries or remarries, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
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