单词 | annulment |
释义 | annulmentn. 1. The action of reducing something to nothing or of putting an end to something; abolition.This sense is much less common than sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iii. xxiv. f. cccxxv/2 Of humylyte procedeth mortyfyfycacyon, and anullement of his propre wyll. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. v. 160 I can conceive no better remedy for the overweening self-complacency of modern philosophy, than the annulment of its pretended originality. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 32 Emancipation..the annulment of the last subsisting misery. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport ii. 79 Surrender to the most primary instinctual processes, accompanied by annulment of superego censure and indifference to blood and pain. 2. a. The action or an act of declaring an official agreement, decision, result, etc., to be invalid or no longer of legal effect. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation reversing?a1425 repealing1431 abatementc1436 cancellingc1440 annullation1449 defeasance1456 voidance1488 reversal1489 reduction1496 repeal1503 extinguishment1528 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 obrogation1535 unplacing1554 nullity1555 reversement1572 reclaim1604 disaffirmancea1626 avoidance1628 rescinding1638 cassating1647 vacating1648 voiding1649 defease1650 annulment1651 unlawing1651 defeat1657 vacuating1684 peremption1726 invalidation1771 rescindment1783 supersession1790 disaffirmation1827 disenactment1859 discharge1892 1651 C. Hotham Petition & Argument 17 We hope for cure from the vigilant sincerity of our true Republical-Magistrates, by the anulment, if need be, of that Statute. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 107 Most impudent Annulments of the plain and express Laws and Doctrines of Christ. 1816 Edinb. Rev. 27 318 A letter meant as a revocation and annulment of that rescript. 1865 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. Hence the necessary annulment of the Richmond elections. 1922 Railroad Telegrapher July 611 The immense setback to human progress which naturally follows the annulment of the Child Labor Law. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Apr. i. 4/4 An annulment of the poll there followed by a repoll of the district. b. The formal declaration that a marriage has been annulled; a legal decree annulling a marriage. See annul v. 1b.Annulment is distinguished from divorce, the legal dissolution of a marriage, and legal (or judicial) separation, by which a husband and wife remain married but live apart, following a court order. ΚΠ 1800 tr. J.-M. Roland de La Platière Wks. 68 She was determined to get her marriage dissolved; and that for this purpose, it was necessary that she should go to Corsica to urge its annulment. 1822 A. Hamilton Marriage Rites, Customs, & Ceremonies 169 It allows no annulment of the marriage—a severity which leads to more concupiscence than it prevents. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert ii. 16 It needed all the influence of the priests to restrain her from petitioning the Vatican for an annulment of the marriage. 1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 141 In your place, I'd get a divorce or an annulment. 2004 C. Bazalgette in M. Bonham Casino p. xv My grandmother liked to tell me how Margaret managed to get an annulment on the grounds of non-consummation. Compounds General use as a modifier (in sense 2), as in annulment proceedings, annulment suit, etc. ΚΠ 1886 N.-Y. Times 5 Jan. 3/2 Laura..found the record of the annulment suit after some difficulty, and then moved to have the decree set aside as fraudulent. 1951 Atlanta Jrnl. & Atlanta Constit. 21 Jan. (This Week Mag. section) 7/1 I spent an hour in a New York City court watching Judge Peter Schmuck handle a docket of annulment cases. 1969 Transatlantic Rev. No. 33 111 Eddie's had his lawyers draw up some papers. Annulment papers. We thought..if you said you didn't want any [children], that would be grounds. 1994 R. Hellenga Sixteen Pleasures x. 159 Annulment proceedings..had finally found their way to the highest court of all, the Sacred Roman Rota. 2017 S. Luttrell in E. Bjorge & C. Miles Landmark Cases in Public Internat. Law xix. 473 Argentina..sought a stay of enforcement of the second award pending determination of the annulment request. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.a1492 |
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