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16 words match “NULLED”

NULLED a.
Turned so as to resemble nulls. Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod.
ANNUL v.
. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.
ANNULLABLE a.
That may be Annulled.
AVOIDABLE a.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.
DEFEASIBLE a.
Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title. -- De*fea"si*ble*ness, n.
DEPOLARIZATION n.
ht which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition.
INDEFEASIBLE a.
Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.
INDELIBLE a.
That can not be annulled; indestructible. [R.] They are endued with indelible power from above. Sprat. Indelible colors, fast colors which do not fade or tarnish by exposure. -- Indelible ink, an ink obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver nitrate.
IRREVERSIBLE a.
Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree. This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. Jortin.
NULL n.
One of the beads in nulled work.
OPTION n.
an bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
PLACET n.
civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters.
REVERSED a.
Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney.
SCIRE FACIAS n.
(as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated. Wharton. Bouvier.
VACATUR n.
An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled.
VOIDED a.
Annulled; invalidated.