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Annul

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To nullify; to set at naught; to make void. See 22 Mo. 24.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To abrogate, nullify, or abolish; to make void. It is not a technical word and there is nothing which prevents the idea from being expressed in equivalent words; Woodson v. Skinner, 22 Mo. 24. ANNULUS ET BACULUS (Lat. ring and staff). The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et oaculum by the prince's delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier. 1 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 378.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To cancel; make void; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either ab initio or prospectively as to future transactions. Wait v. Wait, 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 205; Woodson v. Skinner, 22 Mo. 24; In re Morrow's Estate, 204 Pa. 484, 54 Atl. 342.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To cancel; make void; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either ab initie or prospectively as to future transactions.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Nuix; Repkal; Rescission; Vacate.