Category:Nullification

Nul`li*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [l. nullificatio contempt. See nullify.]

Defn: 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.