annulment of an act

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• annulment — an·nul·ment /ə nəl mənt/ n 1: the act of annulling: the state of being annulled 2: a declaration by a court that a marriage is invalid compare divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• annulment — (n.) late 15c., act of reducing to nothing; see ANNUL (Cf. annul) + MENT (Cf. ment). Meaning act of declaring invalid is recorded from 1864 …   Etymology dictionary

• Annulment — An*nul ment, n. [Cf. F. annulement.] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Annulment (Catholic Church) — In the Roman Catholic Church an annulment is the procedure, governed by the Church s Canon Law and the Catechism, whereby an ecclesial tribunal determines the sacrament of marriage was invalidly entered into. An annulment determines the Catholic… …   Wikipedia

• Annulment — Family law Entering into marriag …   Wikipedia

• annulment — /euh nul meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of annulling, esp. the formal declaration that annuls a marriage. 2. Psychoanal. a mental process by which unpleasant or painful ideas are abolished from the mind. [1485 95; ANNUL + MENT or < MF annulement] * * *… …   Universalium

• annulment — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of annulling ; the state of being annulled 2. a judicial or ecclesiastical pronouncement declaring a marriage invalid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• annulment — noun /əˈnʌl.mənt/ a) An act or instance of annulling. b) A state of having been annulled. Syn: abolition, nullification, cancellation …   Wiktionary

• annulment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. invalidation, nullification, dissolution, divorce; see cancellation . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. invalidation, nullification, cancellation, voiding, elimination, abolishment, repeal. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An …   English dictionary for students

• annulment — an·nul·ment || É™ nÊŒlmÉ™nt n. cancellation; act of putting an end to …   English contemporary dictionary

• annulment — an•nul•ment [[t]əˈnʌl mənt[/t]] n. 1) an act of annulling 2) law a formal declaration that annuls a marriage • Etymology: 1485–95 …   From formal English to slang