Nullification Definition

nŭlə-fĭ-kāshən
noun
The act of nullifying or the state of being nullified.
A referee's nullification of a goal for being scored in violation of a rule.
American Heritage
A nullifying or being nullified.
Webster's New World
In U.S. history, the refusal of a state to recognize or enforce within its territory any federal law held to be an infringement on its sovereignty.
Webster's New World
The act or condition of negating the existence of a law, performed by individuals acting in a public capacity (for example, a jury) or by one level of government opposing the laws of another.
Webster's New World Law

The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

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Noun

Singular:
nullification
Plural:
nullifications

Nullification Sentence Examples

  • President Jackson responded with a proclamation denying the right of nullification, and asked Congress for authority to collect the revenue in South Carolina by force if necessary.

  • He became prominent, politically, during the nullification excitement of 1832-1833, as a vigorous opponent of nullification, and from 1836 to 1845 he sat in the United States Senate as a Unionist Democrat.

  • Congress passed an act gradually reducing the duties to a revenue basis, and South Carolina repealed her nullification measures.

  • The tariff of 1828 aroused bitter opposition in South Carolina, and called from Vice-President Calhoun the statement of the doctrine of nullification which was adopted by the South Carolina legislature at the close of the year and is known as the South Carolina Exposition.

  • Green, however, continued to edit it in the Calhoun interest until 1835, and gave vigorous support to that leader's nullification views.

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