nullity

noun

nul·li·ty ˈnə-lə-tē How to pronounce nullity (audio)

plural nullities

: the quality or state of being null

especially : legal invalidity

b(1)

: nothingness

also : insignificance

(2)

: a mere nothing : nonentity

: one that is null

specifically : an act void of legal effect

: the number of elements in a basis of a null-space

Example Sentences

that tiny country's ambassador from the U.S. is usually some nullity who happens to be a friend or supporter of the current president one of the basic themes of the theater of the absurd is the essential nullity of human existence

Recent Examples on the Web The overall Pessoan effect—of fertility and nullity overlaid, of a teeming garden spied through the transparent body of a phantom—gathers into a single sensation extremes of modern exuberance and despair.

Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 Kyrsten Sinema has spent the last year participating in a Beltway social experiment that might determine whether an intellectual nullity, clad in Instagrammable vintage wear, might be passed off as a brave and serious centrist ideologue.

Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2021 The Vatican announces reforms to the legal structures Catholics must follow to achieve marital nullity.

Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021 However, the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong and the electoral-system revamp have rendered it a nullity.

Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 18 Mar. 2021 Later antislavery champions, including Abraham Lincoln, always considered the Northwest Ordinance to be organic to the Constitution; proslavery advocates came to regard it as an illegitimate nullity.

Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020 The digital presentation displays Arthur Rothstein’s 1936 photograph of a dust storm at a barren Oklahoma farm, picturing a father and sons against sky and earth scrubbed to gray nullities.

New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 While vodka is a surprisingly rich entity susceptible to analysis, its purported aim is a nullity.

Sergio De La Pava, WSJ, 14 June 2018 Plaintiffs therefore lack standing, the Circuit Court lacks jurisdiction, and the order is a nullity.

Connor Sheets, AL.com, 12 Dec. 2017 See More

Legal Definition

nullity

noun

nul·li·ty ˈnə-lə-tē How to pronounce nullity (audio)

plural nullities

: the quality or state of being null

: an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment

— absolute nullity

in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order, interest, law, or morals a bigamous marriage is an absolute nullity — Louisiana Civil Code

also : the quality or state of such a nullity

Note: A marriage that is an absolute nullity does not have to be annulled to terminate its legal effects (as property rights).

— relative nullity

in the civil law of Louisiana : a nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object involved is considered valid

also : the quality or state of such a nullity

Note: A contract that is a relative nullity may be annulled and the parties restored to their original positions. A marriage that is a relative nullity must be annulled to terminate the legal effects (as property rights) of the marriage.

单词	nullity
释义	nullity noun nul·li·ty ˈnə-lə-tē plural nullities 1 a : the quality or state of being null especially : legal invalidity b(1) : nothingness also : insignificance (2) : a mere nothing : nonentity 2 : one that is null specifically : an act void of legal effect 3 : the number of elements in a basis of a null-space Did you know? Intellectuals may speak of a book or a film as a nullity, claiming it possesses nothing original enough to justify its existence. Legal scholars also use the word; a law passed by a legislature may be called a nullity if, for example, it's so obviously unconstitutional that it's going to be shot down by the courts in no time. And if you're in an unkind mood, you're also free to call a person a nullity, if you're not instead calling him a nobody, a nonentity, or a zero. Synonyms cipher dwarf half-pint insect insignificancy lightweight morsel nobody nonentity nothing number pip-squeak pygmy pigmy shrimp snippersnapper twerp whippersnapper zero zilch See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences that tiny country's ambassador from the U.S. is usually some nullity who happens to be a friend or supporter of the current president one of the basic themes of the theater of the absurd is the essential nullity of human existence Recent Examples on the Web The overall Pessoan effect—of fertility and nullity overlaid, of a teeming garden spied through the transparent body of a phantom—gathers into a single sensation extremes of modern exuberance and despair. Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 Kyrsten Sinema has spent the last year participating in a Beltway social experiment that might determine whether an intellectual nullity, clad in Instagrammable vintage wear, might be passed off as a brave and serious centrist ideologue. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2021 The Vatican announces reforms to the legal structures Catholics must follow to achieve marital nullity. Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021 However, the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong and the electoral-system revamp have rendered it a nullity. Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 18 Mar. 2021 Later antislavery champions, including Abraham Lincoln, always considered the Northwest Ordinance to be organic to the Constitution; proslavery advocates came to regard it as an illegitimate nullity. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020 The digital presentation displays Arthur Rothstein’s 1936 photograph of a dust storm at a barren Oklahoma farm, picturing a father and sons against sky and earth scrubbed to gray nullities. New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 While vodka is a surprisingly rich entity susceptible to analysis, its purported aim is a nullity. Sergio De La Pava, WSJ, 14 June 2018 Plaintiffs therefore lack standing, the Circuit Court lacks jurisdiction, and the order is a nullity. Connor Sheets, AL.com, 12 Dec. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use 1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Legal Definition nullity noun nul·li·ty ˈnə-lə-tē plural nullities 1 : the quality or state of being null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment — absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order, interest, law, or morals a bigamous marriage is an absolute nullity — Louisiana Civil Code also : the quality or state of such a nullity Note: A marriage that is an absolute nullity does not have to be annulled to terminate its legal effects (as property rights). — relative nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object involved is considered valid also : the quality or state of such a nullity Note: A contract that is a relative nullity may be annulled and the parties restored to their original positions. A marriage that is a relative nullity must be annulled to terminate the legal effects (as property rights) of the marriage. nullity noun 1 as in cipher a person of no importance or influence that tiny country's ambassador from the U.S. is usually some nullity who happens to be a friend or supporter of the current president Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cipher nobody dwarf lightweight insect nonentity zero inferior nothing number shrimp zilch puppet insignificancy morsel twerp pygmy pigmy nonperson whippersnapper snippersnapper mediocrity obscurity half-pint pip-squeak least noncelebrity no-name figurehead Antonyms & Near Antonyms personage eminence big wheel somebody nabob magnate authority kingpin chief figure leader big shot celebrity bigwig lead personality superior notable luminary star kahuna head party power superstar planet great power VIP See More 2 as in negligibility the quality or state of being unimportant one of the basic themes of the theater of the absurd is the essential nullity of human existence Synonyms & Similar Words negligibility smallness immateriality inconsequence triviality insignificance inconsequentiality emptiness pettiness littleness slightness worthlessness valuelessness inconsiderableness insignificancy Antonyms & Near Antonyms consequence magnitude significance importance value moment import weightiness weight substance bigness worth See More
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