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null

Legal Definition of null

Adjective

  1. Of no legal force

    null and void

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Definition of null

Etymology

    From Middle French nul, from Latin nullus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /nʌl/, SAMPA: /nVl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌl

Noun

null (plural nulls)

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.

Adjective

null (comparative more null, superlative most null)

  1. Having no legal validity, "null and void"
  2. absent or non-existent

Verb

null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)

  1. (transitive) to nullify

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