2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nullification \Nul`li*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. nullificatio contempt.
See {Nullify}.]
The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or
of no legal effect.
{Right of nullification} (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in
behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its
sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general
government which it deems unconstitutional.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nullification
n : the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting
the effect or force of something
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