nullity

• Nom désignant l'état de ce qui est nul, vide ou inexistant, ou ce qui est dépourvu de validité ou d'effet juridique.

A noun referring to the state of being null, void, or nonexistent, or to something that has no legal validity or effect.

1. State of nonexistenceC2formal

   The condition of being nothing or not existing.

   État de nonexistence

   • The nullity of the claim was evident from the lack of evidence.
   • Philosophers have long debated the nullity of abstract concepts.
   • The feeling of nullity overwhelmed him after the loss.

   Synonymesemptinessnihilitynonexistencenothingnessvoid

   Antonymesactualityexistencesubsistence

2. Legal invalidityC2formallegal

   Something that is null, especially a law or contract that has no legal force or effect.

   Nullité (d'un acte juridique)

   • The court declared the contract a nullity due to fraud.
   • The new regulation was considered a nullity from its inception.
   • A marriage without proper consent is a legal nullity.

   Synonymesinvalidity

   Antonymeseffectforcevalidity