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ce of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.

To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. Blackstone.

ee Counter brace, in Vocabulary. -- Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed. -- Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.] -- Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. -- Cou…

To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [Obs.] Milton.

The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated. So many invalidations of their right. Burke.

to take off the head, or a limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.

Annulled; invalidated.