1) Abolition 2) Abrogation 3) Avoidance 4) Invalidation 5) Repeal 6) Revocation 7) Separation
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1) Abrogation 2) Divorce alternative 3) Ending of some relationships 4) Formal invalidation 5) Revocation 6) State 7) The act of abrogating 8) Union buster
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Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place (though some jurisdictions provide that the marriage is only void from the date of the annulment). For example, this...
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[Catholic Church] In the Catholic Church, a declaration of nullity, commonly called an annulment, is a judgement on the part of an ecclesiastical tribunal determining that a marriage was invalidly contracted. Annulment is the procedure, governed by the Church`s canon law, which determines the marriage to be void at its inception (ab initio)...
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• (n.) The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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legal invalidation of a marriage. Annulment announces the invalidity of a marriage that was void from its inception. It is to be distinguished from ... [2 related articles]
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A determination that a particular marriage was null, that is, did not give rise to a valid, binding matrimonial bond because of the presence of some factor recognized in law as preventing a valid bond. It should be noted that a declaration of nullity is not always the same as saying that there never was a marriage. The union, even though declared n...
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In the case of a marriage an annulment is a declaration by a court that a marriage was never actually legally valid.
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Cancellation.
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Invalidity; especially a declaration that a marriage has never existed in law because of some basic defect like bigamy.
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A legal decree that states that a marriage was never valid.
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An·nul'ment noun [ Confer French
annulement .] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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A legal decree that states that a marriage was never valid. Has the legal effect of wiping out a marriage as though it never existed.
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A court procedure that dissolves a marriage and treats it as if it never happened. The most common reason for a person to want an annulment instead of a divorce is for religious purposes. Annulments are rare since the advent of no-fault divorce but may be obtained in most states for one of the following reasons: misrepresentation, concealment (for ...
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n] - a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
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a Declaration of Nullity is Judgement of a church court, confirmed by an appellate court, that an apparent marriage was not valid from the start because something was lacking: full knowledge and consent by both parties, freedom from force or grave fear, or some other factor needed for a valid marriage. Putative (meaning apparent or see...
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a Declaration of Nullity is `Judgement` of a church court, confirmed by an appellate court, that an `apparent marriage` was not valid from the start because something was lacking: full knowledge and consent by both parties, freedom from force or grave fear, or some other factor needed for a valid marriage. `Putative` (meaning apparent or seeming) i...
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invalidation noun (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
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a case brought seeking to declare marriage void. This is a legal action and not the type sought for religious reasons. Grounds for annulment must have existed at the time of the marriage and include: bigamy, kinship, underage, impotency, false representation of pregnancy, incompetence, or duress.
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the act of annulling, esp. the formal declaration that annuls a marriage. · a mental process by which unpleasant or painful ideas are abolished from the mind.
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the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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