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What does nullity mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
  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.
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An action for declarator of nullity of a marriage must be made to the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
In other cases the courts have struggled against the draconian result of nullity.
A decree of nullity has wide implications for the couple and their children.
I speak of the trial of actions including petitions for divorce or nullity in the High Court.
In Ireland, the number of nullity decrees had been rising inexorably before divorce was introduced.
In March 1999, the High Court refused a decree of nullity to a man whose wife had an affair with her employer shortly after the marriage.

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