Nullification

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  • noun. The act of nullifying or the state of being nullified.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The action by a state not to enforce a federal law as improperly encroaching on the scope of state power.
  • noun. A theory justifying such action.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect; specifically, in U. S. hist., the action of a State intended to abrogate within its limits the operation of a federal law, under the assumption of absolute State sovereignty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
  • noun. removal
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
  • noun. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
  • Word Usage
    "Secondly, unless you are trusting in nullification, the jury will convict: Grandpa did indeed give the gun to Joey across state lines."
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