nullified

1 6.5

Made no longer valid by law

adjective
/ˈnʌlɪfaɪd/

Formal

: anulado

The judge ruled that the contract was nullified due to a lack of consent from one party.

There is the treatment of the other law as nullified, as being ethical only by accident.

Examples

All claims made in the lawsuit were nullified after the settlement agreement was reached.
The new evidence presented in court nullified the previous decision made by the jury.
There is the treatment of the other law as nullified, as being ethical only by accident.

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Synonyms

null and void

vsnullified

Formal

14 4.8

Not legally valid or binding

is the verb form expressing the same legal loss of force

invalidated

vsnullified

Formal

1 6.3

Not legally valid and cannot be used in court

is the broader legal status of losing force, not only the official declaration

to brought to nought

vsnullified

Archaic

1 7.9

Make something fail completely so it has no effect

is specifically about legal voiding rather than general destruction or failure

Antonyms

enforced

14 4.4

Force makes someone do something they do not choose

validated

Formal

5 4.2

Officially checked and accepted as correct or legal

How Valid

binding

Formal

72 4.6

valid

341 3.1

unenforceable

Formal

6 7.7

nullified

Formal

1 6.5

Surface Forms

nullified positive

Morphology

nullified = nullify (transparent) = null + ify + ed

Formed by a straightforward two-step derivation: 'null' + '-ify' (to make void) = 'nullify', then '-ed' to form the adjectival/past-participle 'nullified'.

Etymology

The word nullified comes from the Latin root nullus, which means 'not any' or 'none', giving the idea of making something 'zero' or nothing. So, when a law or contract is nullified, it is treated as 'nothing' and has no legal power.