Look up: nullification

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   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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   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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   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 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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   nullification
   override noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
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   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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   Nullification
   The process of `nullification` may refer to: *Declaring a law to be unconstitutional and have the chance to be nullified or invalidated *Declaring a law to be null or void in a jurisdiction, or refusing to enforce a law. * The legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. * Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's right to deliver a verdict i...
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   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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   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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   Nullification
   See nonviolation
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    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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