1. the state of being legally null and void; having no legal validity
Usage: legal
2. something that is null and void; something of no legal validity
Usage: legal
3. the quality or state of being nothing or having no existence
Usage: formal

Examples

• The court declared the nullity of the marriage due to fraud.
• The contract was deemed a nullity because it lacked proper signatures.
• The lawyer argued for the nullity of the will on grounds of mental incapacity.
• Without proper documentation, the agreement became a legal nullity.
• The philosopher contemplated the nullity of human existence.
• The judge’s ruling established the nullity of the previous decision.