nullification of a contract

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• Nullification (U.S. Constitution) — Nullification is a legal theory that a State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the States formed the Union by an agreement (or compact ) among …   Wikipedia

• nullification — nullify nul‧li‧fy [ˈnʌlfaɪ] verb nullified PTandPP [transitive] 1. LAW to state officially that something does not have any legal force and is therefore considered not to exist: • The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision of two lower… …   Financial and business terms

• cancellation — An erasure, blotting out, striking out, or crossing out of some portion of a written instrument. Dowling v Gilliland, 286 111 530, 122 NE 70, 3 A T,R 829; the nullification of a contract by agreement of the parties or by one of the parties under… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• cancellation of insurance — The rescission or nullification of a contract of insurance under statutory provisions or stipulations of the insurance contract itself, including provisions for cancellation upon notice or request; by the mutual consent or acquiescence of the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• revocation — rev·o·ca·tion /ˌre və kā shən/ n: an act or instance of revoking Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. revocation …   Law dictionary