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Meanings of nullification in English

Portuguese
anulação
Catalan
invalidació

The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something.

anulação
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Examples for "override"
Examples for "override"
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They thought it was important enough to override minor political constraints-theirwords.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Gross said Army grooming regulations, which prohibit beards, override his religious exercise.
Reuters
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Under a 1982 law, Congress can override the State of Nevada's veto.
The Irish Times
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Parliament can overrule -or override -decisions taken by any court.
The Guardian
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In Arkansas, lawmakers can override a veto by a simple majority vote.
Reuters
Usage of nullification in English
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A new convention in South Carolina then repealed the ordinance of nullification.
A School History of the United States
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The first occurred in 1798, when Virginia and Kentucky passed nullification resolutions.
Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
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Some favored secession; others advocated nullification, and this was what was done.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
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When he smote nullification in South Carolina, it gave him cordial support.
History of the United States
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And the same may be said in reference to Calhoun's nullification doctrines.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
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This was called nullification because it made a law null and void.
This Country of Ours
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Jefferson insisted that each sovereignty should by means of nullification protect itself.
The Theory of Social Revolutions
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It took on the form of a tariff controversy and nullification in 1832.
History of the United States
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His connection with great questions, such as the currency and nullification.
Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the...
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Mr. Verplanck favored neither this view nor their theory of nullification.
A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Cromme...
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This doctrine of nullification, as we shall see, was later of serious importance.
A Brief History of the United States
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The fifth, the nullification acts of South Carolina in 1832.
Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
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He presented an analysis of the difference between the remedies of nullification and secession.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
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The doctrines of nullification have received a severe and stern rebuke from public opinion.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
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The act of nullification would itself be null and void.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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This removed the cause of trouble, so South Carolina rescinded her act of nullification.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
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Portuguese
anulação
Nullification through the time
Nullification across language varieties
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