Nullities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nullity \Nul"li*ty\ (n[u^]l"l[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Nullities}.
     [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullit['e] . See
     {Null}.]
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     1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of
        efficacy or force.


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     2. (Law) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is
        a decree that no legal marriage exists.
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     3. That which is null.
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              Was it not absurd to say that the convention was
              supreme in the state, and yet a nullity? --Macaulay.
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