newel post
         n 1: the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it
               supports the handrail [syn: {newel post}, {newel}]

English Dictionary: nullification	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihil obstat n the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church authoritative approval
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`li*fi*ca"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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
New Leipzig, ND (city, FIPS 56420)       Location: 46.37616 N, 101.94968 W       Population (1990): 326 (180 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)