Chiefly Law. transitive. To render (a writ or similar document) null or void; to make or declare invalid; to cause to lapse. Also intransitive: (of…

transitive. To squash or smash; to quash or annul.

To deprive (something) of legal validity; to make legally void or invalid; to annul or cancel.

transitive. To set aside (a custom, practice, etc.); to annul, abolish (a law). Obsolete.

transitive. To declare, esp. legally or officially, that (an agreement, decision, result, etc.) is not valid or no longer in effect; to render…

transitive. To revoke, annul, or cancel (a decision, act, or measure).

transitive. To annul, repeal, rescind (a decree, will, privilege, etc.); to cancel (an order, appointment, office, etc.). Also intransitive.

transitive. To rupture, break. Also: to nullify.

transitive. To revoke or rescind (something previously determined or set, esp. a law or sentence).

transitive. = abrogate, v.

transitive. Law. To render null and void; to annul, to terminate. Cf. defease, v. 2.

transitive. To remove from public view; to put out of the way, conceal. Also figurative. Obsolete.

To make void, annul, quash. (Now chiefly in Scots Law.)

transitive. To take away, bar, defeat, annul. to toll an entry, to take away the right of, or bar entry.

transitive. Chiefly Law. To revoke or withdraw (a right, law, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. Scottish. To set aside as invalid. Obsolete. rare.

gen. To put a stop to the use of, interdict; to abrogate. Obsolete.

transitive. Law. To put an end to the obligation of (a legal instrument or document); to render no longer legally binding; to cancel, annul (an…

transitive. Scottish (chiefly Law). To rescind, revoke, or annul (a decree, etc.) by judicial order; to declare formally to be invalid; to set aside…

= cass, v.

transitive. Scots Law. To render (a contract, deed, etc.) null and void. Cf. defeasance, n. 2. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

transitive. To reduce to nullity; to annul, make void.

transitive. To cancel, repeal, or annul (a law, decision, agreement, etc.); to invalidate; to make null and void; to abolish. Now rare.

To abolish (an institution, etc.); to annul (a law, etc.). Obsolete.

To make void or of no effect; to refute, disprove. In Law, to defeat (a pleading); to invalidate, ‘quash’ (a sentence, agreement, document, etc.)

transitive. To repeal (a law, established usage, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally; to annul, to cancel.

To make null and void; to annul, abrogate (a law, etc.); to do away with (a right). Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To revoke, recall, annul. Obsolete.

transitive. Law. To declare (something) to be void or invalid; to cancel; to annul or reverse (a decision); to repudiate (an agreement). Also intrans…

To put an end to, make void (a law, legal right, status, ordinance). Also, to cancel (a licence, the claim of a creditor). Cf. extinguish, v. 3b.

transitive. Chiefly Scots Law. To annul (a law, contract, etc.). Also intransitive: (of a contract of sale) to become void. Now rare.

transitive. Chiefly Law (originally Scots Law). To annul, cancel, render void. Now rare.

transitive. To annul.

To render void (a bill, claim, right, etc.). In Law sometimes spec. (see extinguishment, n. 3b).

transitive. Law (originally and chiefly Scots Law). To annul, quash, invalidate; to rebut.

transitive. To revoke, rescind; to cancel; to renounce.

transitive. To render (an agreement, decision, result, etc.) void, invalid, or ineffective; to annul.

figurative. To suppress; to repress. Obsolete. rare.

To annul (a proclamation). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make void, render of no effect, nullify; = defeat, v. 3 (the corresponding term in English Law).

transitive. To undo (a woven fabric), to unravel. Chiefly figurative: to destroy the strength or validity of (an argument, law, etc.); to pick apart…

transitive. To render legally null and void; to annul or invalidate.

To annul or cancel. rare.

transitive. To abrogate or annul (a law).

To render of no effect; to invalidate either completely or in part; spec. to destroy or impair the legal effect or force of (a deed, etc.).

transitive. To render invalid; to invalidate.

transitive. To make void in law; to deprive of legal authority or validity; to annul or cancel.

transitive. To annul (a law).

transitive. To deprive of legal force; to make legally void. Now Law (U.S. and Canadian).

transitive. To render invalid; to destroy the validity or strength of (an argument, contract, etc.); to render of no force or effect; esp. to…

transitive. To annul that which is enacted; to repeal.

To annul, cancel, abrogate, set aside; = evacuate, v. 4.

Law. transitive. To dissolve by a writ of supersedeas. Obsolete.

Law. To nullify, invalidate, do away with.

To nullify or set aside (a will) by legal methods.