annulment

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English

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement.[1] By surface analysis, annul +‎ -ment.

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Noun

annulment (countable and uncountable, plural annulments)

  1. An act or instance of annulling.
  2. The state of having been annulled.
  3. (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
  4. (law) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
  5. (archaic) Total destruction.

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  1. ^ “annulment, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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