Nullify

Nullifier

One who nullifies or makes void one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties...

nullify -fied -fy·ing : to make null [ a contract] ...

nullification

nullification : the act of nullifying : the state of being nullified see also jury nullification ...

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 : make void : nullify [ an action] 2 : to reduce in amount esp. proportionately [ a tax] vi 1 : to become defeated or become null or void [when a public officer is a party to an appeal…in an official capacity and during its pendency dies…the action does not "Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 43"] 2 : to decrease in amount or value [the legacies abated proportionately] NOTE: A problem arises in estate law when the amount of the bequests and devises made in a will exceeds the assets available in the estate. In such a case, some or all of the bequests and devises may have to be abated to make up the deficit. Under the Uniform Probate Code, property in the estate that is not specifically given under the will abates first, residuary devises abate second, general devises abate...

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 liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment ex·tin·guish·able adj ex·tin·guish·ment n ...

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 ...

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"] ...

Evacuator

One who evacuates a nullifier...

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 interest of the political policy of centralization The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet in May 1873 of the so called May laws or Falk laws aiming at the regulation of the clergy Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted...

Nullification

The act of nullifying a rendering void and of no effect or of no legal effect...

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