nullity

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French nullité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin nullitalis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nullus

Noun

nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)

1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

   nullity of marriage

2. (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
3. (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

Derived terms

• decree of nullity

Translations

the state of being null, or void, or invalid

• Hungarian: semmisség, érvénytelenség
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