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Nullify vs Nullity - What's the difference?

nullify | nullity |

As a verb nullify

is to make legally invalid.

As a noun nullity is

the state of being null, or void, or invalid.

nullify

English

Verb

  • (legal) to make legally invalid.
    • The contract has been nullified .
  • to prevent from happening

    • Related terms

    * null * nullification * nullifiable * annihilate

    Synonyms

    * (to make legally invalid) annul, cancel

    nullity

    English

    Noun

    (nullities)
  • The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
    • nullity of marriage
  • (legal) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  • (math) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

    • Derived terms

    *decree of nullity