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nullification

/nuhl-uh-fi-key-shuhn/US // ˌnʌl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən //

无效化,无效,无效状态,无效性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of nullifying.
    • : the state of being nullified.
    • : the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in enforcement of federal laws within its limits, especially on Constitutional grounds.

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Examples

  • Calhoun supported state nullification of federal laws and gave a speech to Congress titled “Slavery as a Positive Good.”

  • This behavior is so unprecedented that neutral observers have likened it to nullification and other anti-majoritarian tactics.

  • His later acquittal was my reintroduction to jury nullification, which I will discuss further in a moment.

  • I oppose nullification by states of duly passed laws of Congress.

  • His point being I guess that nullification wasn't limited to the South.

  • We will not give up our forms of political speech to the grammarians of the school of nullification.

  • It threatens his whole doctrine of compact, and its darling derivatives, nullification and secession, with instant confutation.

  • Does he not see how cogently he might be asked, whether it be the character of nullification to practise what it preaches?

  • And so this doctrine, running but a short career, like other dogmas of the day, terminates in nullification.

  • Since the days of Andrew Jackson the word "nullification" has had an ugly and dangerous sound.