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null and void

Idioms  

  1. Canceled, invalid, as in The lease is now null and void. This phrase is actually redundant, since null means “void,” that is, “ineffective.” It was first recorded in 1669.

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Null and void: Did you receive a ticket at Katella Avenue and Bloomfield Street in Los Alamitos?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2016

"Null and void in law, perhaps it may be," cried Beauclerc; "but for that very reason, in honour, the stronger the more binding, and I am speaking to a man of honour."

From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria

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