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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: override
See Also: cancellation, change of state, counteraction, neutralisation, neutralization, states' rights, vitiation
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