nullity

American  

[nuhl-i-tee] / ˈnʌl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

nullities

1. the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.

2. something null.

3. something of no legal force or validity.

4. a person of negligible importance.

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nullity British  

/ ˈnʌlɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state of being null

2. a null or legally invalid act or instrument

3. something null, ineffective, characterless, etc

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Etymology

Origin of nullity

From the Medieval Latin word nūllitās, dating back to 1560–70. See null, -ity

Example Sentences

Jobst was the son of Maultasche's Nullity; him too, in an involuntary sort, she was the cause of.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Carlyle, Thomas

“The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at Saint Andrews and Dundee,” &c., p.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

I. xm0 † ym′0 ¶ xy0 Two Nullities, with Unlike Eliminands, yield a Nullity, in which both Retinends keep their Signs.

From Symbolic Logic by Carroll, Lewis

Of that which you writ concerning a Book of the Nullity, I have heard no syllable any other way.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

Wrote to Lord Holland when I came home to call his attention to the Hickson Nullity of Marriage Bill.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of