nullification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nullification	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nullification n the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something Synonym(s): nullification, override
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nullification \Nul`lifica"tion\, n. [L. nullificatio contempt. See {Nullify}.] The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. {Right of nullification} (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.