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Webster 1913 Edition


Nullity

Nul′li-ty

(nŭl′lĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Nullities
.
[LL.
nullitias
, fr. L.
nullus
none: cf. F.
nullité
. See
Null
.]
1.
The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
2.
(Law)
Nonexistence;
as, a decree of
nullity
of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists
.
3.
That which is null.
Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a
nullity
?
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nullity

NUL'LITY

,
Noun.
1.
Nothingness; want of existence.
2.
Want of legal force, validity or efficacy.