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null
1、 Having no legal power; invalid.
2、 Having no elements.
🌱If we can prove that you signed the contract because you were being physically threatened, it will automatically be declared null. 🌳Null is used mostly by lawyers, mathematicians, and computer programmers. In law, it usually occurs in the phrase "null and void" （which means about the same thing as null itself）. When one of the parties that has signed a contract doesn't hold up his or her part of the deal—for example, if a contract states that a supplier must supply a million screws of a certain quality of steel, and it turns out the screws supplied were of inferior steel—the other company can refuse to pay anything, claiming the contract is null and void. In mathematics, null means "lacking any elements"; a null set is a set of figures that's actually empty. In computer programming, a null is a character that doesn't actually show up as a character, but instead may just be required to show that a series of digits or characters is finished. nullity 1、 Nothingness.
2、 A mere nothing.
🌱He couldn't believe she'd actually left him for that nullity—a guy with no style, no drive, no personality at all. 🌳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. nullify 1、 To cancel legally.
2、 To cause something to lose its value or to have no effect.
🌱In soccer or water polo, a penalty can nullify a goal that has just been made. 🌳A legislature may nullify a ban, a law, or a tax by simply passing a new law. Election results can be nullified if a court finds the voting process was improper, and a court ruling can be nullified by a higher court. Even the Supreme Court itself may have its decisions nullified by new laws passed by the Congress—though not if a decision is based on the Constitution. In the years leading up to the American Civil War, Southern states claimed the right to nullify any federal law （such as antislavery laws） that they believed to be unconstitutional, leading to the NullificationCrisis of 1832. Annul is a close synonym of nullify （with the same root）, as are abrogate and invalidate. annulment An official statement that something is no longer valid.
🌱He requested an annulment of the marriage from the Church, but his wife claimed that, after 15 years and two children, the idea of annulment was ridiculous. 🌳Annulment usually applies to marriage. In some states an annulment may be carried out by a court （"judicial annulment"）, but annulment is generally practiced by a church （"ecclesiastic annulment"）, and principally the Roman Catholic Church, which traditionally hasn't permitted divorce. The usual acceptable reason for annulment is a "failure to consummate" the marriage by having children. Unlike a marriage that ends in divorce, an annulled marriage is considered never to have existed. Other things can be annulled as well, including a contract （if one party fails to comply with its terms） or an election （if it wasn't carried out properly）.
2、 Having no elements.
🌱If we can prove that you signed the contract because you were being physically threatened, it will automatically be declared null. 🌳Null is used mostly by lawyers, mathematicians, and computer programmers. In law, it usually occurs in the phrase "null and void" （which means about the same thing as null itself）. When one of the parties that has signed a contract doesn't hold up his or her part of the deal—for example, if a contract states that a supplier must supply a million screws of a certain quality of steel, and it turns out the screws supplied were of inferior steel—the other company can refuse to pay anything, claiming the contract is null and void. In mathematics, null means "lacking any elements"; a null set is a set of figures that's actually empty. In computer programming, a null is a character that doesn't actually show up as a character, but instead may just be required to show that a series of digits or characters is finished. nullity 1、 Nothingness.
2、 A mere nothing.
🌱He couldn't believe she'd actually left him for that nullity—a guy with no style, no drive, no personality at all. 🌳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. nullify 1、 To cancel legally.
2、 To cause something to lose its value or to have no effect.
🌱In soccer or water polo, a penalty can nullify a goal that has just been made. 🌳A legislature may nullify a ban, a law, or a tax by simply passing a new law. Election results can be nullified if a court finds the voting process was improper, and a court ruling can be nullified by a higher court. Even the Supreme Court itself may have its decisions nullified by new laws passed by the Congress—though not if a decision is based on the Constitution. In the years leading up to the American Civil War, Southern states claimed the right to nullify any federal law （such as antislavery laws） that they believed to be unconstitutional, leading to the NullificationCrisis of 1832. Annul is a close synonym of nullify （with the same root）, as are abrogate and invalidate. annulment An official statement that something is no longer valid.
🌱He requested an annulment of the marriage from the Church, but his wife claimed that, after 15 years and two children, the idea of annulment was ridiculous. 🌳Annulment usually applies to marriage. In some states an annulment may be carried out by a court （"judicial annulment"）, but annulment is generally practiced by a church （"ecclesiastic annulment"）, and principally the Roman Catholic Church, which traditionally hasn't permitted divorce. The usual acceptable reason for annulment is a "failure to consummate" the marriage by having children. Unlike a marriage that ends in divorce, an annulled marriage is considered never to have existed. Other things can be annulled as well, including a contract （if one party fails to comply with its terms） or an election （if it wasn't carried out properly）.
NUL/NULL comes from the Latin word nullus, "none," which is itself a combination of ne- ("not") and ullus ("any"). Have you ever noticed how many of our negative words start with n-? Think of no, not, never, nothing, none, no one, nowhere, and the hundreds of non- words—just about all of which go back to the same Greek root.🌸