Look up: nullification

1. nullification
   [n] - the states`-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress 2. [n] - the act of nullifying
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2. nullification
   In US history, doctrine asserting the right of states to ignore any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. The theory was set out by US vice president John C ...
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3. Nullification
   Nul`li·fi·ca'tion noun [ Latin 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...
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4. nullification
   override noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
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5. nullification
   noun the states`-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
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6. Nullification
   • (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. • (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
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7. nullification
   in U.S. history, doctrine upholding the right of a state to declare null and void within its boundaries an act of the federal government. Thomas ... [6 related articles]
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8. Nullification
   See nonviolation
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9. nullification
   nullification, in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights. It held that states have the right to declare null and void any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. The doctrine was based on the theory that the Union is a voluntary compact of states and that ...
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10. Nullification
    In America, nullification is the formal suspension by a State government of the operation of a law of the United States within the territory under the jurisdiction of the State. It was first suggested as the rightful remedy in the case of illegal stretches of Federal legislative authority, in the Ke...
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11. Nullification
    (U.S. Constitution) `Nullification` is a legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the sovereign States formed the Union, and as creators of the compact hold final au...
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