nullity
11nullity — noun (U) law the fact that a marriage or contract no longer has any legal force: a decree of nullity …
12nullity of marriage — the avoidance of a marriage, as opposed to its termination by divorce. A marriage may be declared null as a result of some defect existing at the time the marriage was celebrated or because the marriage was never consummated. Collins dictionary… …
13Nullity theorem — The nullity theorem is a mathematical theorem about the inverse of a partitioned matrix, which states that the nullity of a block in a matrix equals the nullity of the complementary block in its inverse matrix. Here, the nullity is the dimension… …
14Nullity (conflict) — In Conflict of Laws, the issue of nullity (known as annulment in the United States) in Family Law inspires a wide response among the laws of different states as to the circumstances in which a marriage will be valid, invalid or null. As in… …
15Nullity (graph theory) — The nullity of a graph is defined as the number:: m = b n + cwhere b is the number of edges, n is the number of nodes and c the number of components. Equivalently, the nullity of a graph is the dimension of the null space of the oriented… …
16Nullity of Marriage Act 1971 — The Nullity of Marriage Act 1971 was the first time in British law that marriage was defined as being between a male and a female. A marriage could therefore be annulled if the partners were not respectively male and female. The Act was repealed …
17nullity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1570 1. a. the quality or state of being null; especially legal invalidity b. (1) nothingness; also insignificance (2) a mere nothing ; nonentity …
18nullity — /nul i tee/, n., pl. nullities for 2 4. 1. the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity. 2. something null. 3. something of no legal force or validity. 4. a person of negligible importance. [1560 70; < ML nullitas. See NULL, ITY] * …
19nullity — Synonyms and related words: a little thing, absence, aimlessness, cipher, dead letter, deprivation, dud, dummy, emptiness, empty sound, futility, hardly anything, hollow man, inanity, inessential, insignificance, insignificancy, jackstraw, lay… …
20nullity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nothingness, nonexistence …
