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nullification|nʌlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. late L. nullificātio, f. nullificāre: see nullify and -ation.]
†1. Reduction to nothing. Obs. rare.
1630Donne Serm. clviii. Wks. 1839 VI. 288 This is..the most deadly and peremptory Nullification of Man that we can consider.
2. a. The action of rendering null or of no effect.
1808Bentham Sc. Reform 18 Principle of nullification; decision on grounds avowedly foreign to the merits. 1810― Packing (1821) 7 The most efficient instrument of injustice may be seen in the principle and practice of nullification. 1839James Louis XIV, I. 66 His accession to the throne was ushered in by the nullification of his father's will. 1886Manch. Exam. 17 Feb. 5/4 The nullification of elections by a partisan majority.
b. U.S. The action, on the part of a State legislature, of refusing to allow a general law to be enforced within the State. Also attrib.
1798T. Jefferson Writings (1905) XVII. 386 Where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy. 1830Massachusetts Spy 22 Sept. (Th.), Nullification nullified. 1838H. Martineau Western Trav. I. 244 Mr. Calhoun is as full as ever of his Nullification doctrines. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 298 Nullification, in the case of South Carolina, was simply an act, or at least a threat of open rebellion. 1894Fiske Hist. Amer. 270 The government of the United States has never acknowledged the right of nullification, or permitted any state to exercise it.
Hence nullifiˈcationist; ˈnullifiˌcator.
1862Ludlow Hist. U.S. 135 The President..seemed almost a natural ally to the Nullificationists. 1833New Monthly Mag. XXXVII. 358 The little distracted band of nullificators, as some of your journals call them. |