Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nullification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nullification \Nul`li*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nullification
n 1: the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to
recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the
United States Congress
2: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting
or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: {override}]
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