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nullification


  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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