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Nullification Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nullification? [n] the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something [n] the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nullification: override Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nullification: abjuration \| abjurement \| abolishment \| abolition \| abrogation \| absolute contradiction \| annihilation \| annulment \| autarky \| bimetallism \| cancel \| canceling \| cancellation \| cassation \| choking \| choking off \| contradiction \| contrary assertion \| contravention \| controversion \| counterbalancing \| countering \| countermand \| counterorder \| crossing \| defeasance \| denial \| deracination \| disaffirmation \| disallowance \| disavowal \| disclaimer \| disclamation \| disownment \| disproof \| economic self-sufficiency \| elimination \| eradication \| extermination \| extinction \| extinguishment \| extirpation \| forswearing \| free enterprise \| free trade \| frustration \| gainsaying \| governmentalism \| impugnment \| invalidation \| laissez-faire \| laissez-faireism \| line \| liquidation \| localism \| managed currency \| negation \| neutralization \| noninterference \| nonintervention \| offsetting \| party line \| party principle \| planned economy \| policy \| polity \| position \| price supports \| protection \| protectionism \| public policy \| pump-priming \| purge \| recall \| recantation \| refutation \| renege \| renunciation \| repeal \| repudiation \| rescinding \| rescindment \| rescission \| retractation \| retraction \| reversal \| revocation \| revoke \| revokement \| rooting out \| sectionalism \| setting aside \| silencing \| snuffing out \| stifling \| strangulation \| suffocation \| suppression \| suspension \| thwarting \| undoing \| uprooting \| vacation \| vacatur \| vitiation \| voidance \| voiding \| waiver \| waiving \| withdrawal \| write-off See Also \| cancellation \| change of state \| counteraction \| neutralisation \| neutralization \| states' rights \| vitiation Nullification In Webster's Dictionary \Nul`lifica"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.

Nullification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nullification?

[n] the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
[n] the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nullification: override

Nullification In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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