nullificationn.

Brit.

/ˌnʌlᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌnələfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nullificatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nullificatio (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, citing Vetus Latina) < nullificat- , past participial stem of nullificare nullify v. + -io -ion suffix¹.

1. Reduction to nothing; annihilation. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation

anientizement1429

deletiona1513

extincting1513

annihilment1526

exterminion1528

nulling1538

annihilation1541

exterminationc1550

nullity1555

annihilating1577

massacre1595

extinguishment1599

extinct1606

expunction1615

extinction1615

discreationa1628

nullificationa1631

nullifying1640

decreation1647

defacedness1668

extinguishinga1676

erasurea1794

exterminating1796

blotting out1808

naughting1913

wipeout1968

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 239 This is..the most deadly and peremptory nullification of man, that wee can consider.

1990 New Scientist 17 Mar. 56/2 There are relatively large numbers of negative particles streaking through the Solar System. But when they come into contact with normal positive matter, ‘nullification’ takes place.

2. U.S. The action, on the part of a state legislature, of refusing to allow a general law to be enforced within the state. Frequently attributive. Now historical.Also: (spec. in South Carolina) action in opposition to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > [noun] > cessation or suspension > non-enforcement within a state

nullification1798

1798 T. Jefferson Writings (1905) XVII. 386 Where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy.

1799 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 3 237 If a law of a State..is not void, but voidable only by a repeal, or nullification by a State Legislature,..the will of a small part of the United States may controul or defeat the will of the whole.

1799 Kentucky Resolutions in J. Elliot Debates (1836) IV. 545 A nullification, by those overeighties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.

1838 H. Martineau Retrospect of Western Trav. I. 244 Mr. Calhoun is as full as ever of his Nullification doctrines.

1871 W. M. Grosvenor Does Protection Protect? 230 The production has..increased little more..than it increased in eight years under the ‘South Carolina nullification tariff’.

1894 J. Fiske Hist. Amer. 270 The government of the United States has never acknowledged the right of nullification, or permitted any state to exercise it.

1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Days xvi. 245 Wasn't you-all for nullification, an' ain't you now for Jackson an' the union?

1945 J. T. Adams et al. Album Amer. Hist. II. 245 Congress smoothed over the difficulty, and the right of nullification remained an unsettled issue.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 632/1 The nullification movement in South Carolina contributed to the transformation of his [sc. Jefferson's] image in the South.

3. More generally: the action of rendering something null or of no effect.In Jeremy Bentham's terminology: the action of a court in treating something as not existing or as not having been done, which does in fact exist or has in fact been done. In U.S. Law (usually termed jury nullification): the action of a jury in a criminal case in disregarding its own findings of fact when acquitting a defendant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > rendering void or invalid

non-certificate1455

non-certifying1474

evacuating1594

infirming1612

evacuation1649

avoidinga1716

nullification1808

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 18 Principle of nullification; decision on grounds avowedly foreign to the merits.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 66 His accession to the throne was ushered in by the nullification of his father's will.

1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. xxiii. 317 The old corrupt and perjurious suits for nullification of marriage.

1886 Manch. Examiner 17 Feb. 5/4 The nullification of elections by a partisan majority.

1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 343/2 It was my privilege to listen to a sodality of local rounders bawl out the juryman on whom they had pinned hopes of some feeble gesture of nullification.

1989 Japan Times 15 Nov. 4/1 Arias Calderon also asked people to protest nullification of May 7 election results after church services Sunday.

1992 W. R. Lafave & J. H. Israel Criminal Procedure 960 A jury..has the power to acquit, even when its findings..would have resulted in a conviction... This practice, usually referred to as jury nullification, would seem to be part of the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

Derivatives

nullifiˈcationist n. and adj. now historical (a) n. a person who advocates nullification (in sense 2); (b) adj. advocating nullification (in sense 2).

ΚΠ

1848 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Oct. 533 Should there come some such a storm as the rabid nullificationists of the South are threatening, we confess to the painful fear, that on the back of that wave we should break in two.

1862 J. M. Ludlow Hist. U.S. 135 The President..seemed almost a natural ally to the Nullificationists.

1929 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 143 This view..bears close kinship to the basic motives of such nullificationist and secessionist leaders in the United States.

1981 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 47 345 They..were unfailingly vilified in the nullificationist Mercury for their subservience to Yankee suppliers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nullification
释义	nullificationn. Brit. /ˌnʌlᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnələfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nullificatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nullificatio (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, citing Vetus Latina) < nullificat- , past participial stem of nullificare nullify v. + -io -ion suffix¹. 1. Reduction to nothing; annihilation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation anientizement1429 deletiona1513 extincting1513 annihilment1526 exterminion1528 nulling1538 annihilation1541 exterminationc1550 nullity1555 annihilating1577 massacre1595 extinguishment1599 extinct1606 expunction1615 extinction1615 discreationa1628 nullificationa1631 nullifying1640 decreation1647 defacedness1668 extinguishinga1676 erasurea1794 exterminating1796 blotting out1808 naughting1913 wipeout1968 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 239 This is..the most deadly and peremptory nullification of man, that wee can consider. 1990 New Scientist 17 Mar. 56/2 There are relatively large numbers of negative particles streaking through the Solar System. But when they come into contact with normal positive matter, ‘nullification’ takes place. 2. U.S. The action, on the part of a state legislature, of refusing to allow a general law to be enforced within the state. Frequently attributive. Now historical.Also: (spec. in South Carolina) action in opposition to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > [noun] > cessation or suspension > non-enforcement within a state nullification1798 1798 T. Jefferson Writings (1905) XVII. 386 Where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy. 1799 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 3 237 If a law of a State..is not void, but voidable only by a repeal, or nullification by a State Legislature,..the will of a small part of the United States may controul or defeat the will of the whole. 1799 Kentucky Resolutions in J. Elliot Debates (1836) IV. 545 A nullification, by those overeighties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy. 1838 H. Martineau Retrospect of Western Trav. I. 244 Mr. Calhoun is as full as ever of his Nullification doctrines. 1871 W. M. Grosvenor Does Protection Protect? 230 The production has..increased little more..than it increased in eight years under the ‘South Carolina nullification tariff’. 1894 J. Fiske Hist. Amer. 270 The government of the United States has never acknowledged the right of nullification, or permitted any state to exercise it. 1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Days xvi. 245 Wasn't you-all for nullification, an' ain't you now for Jackson an' the union? 1945 J. T. Adams et al. Album Amer. Hist. II. 245 Congress smoothed over the difficulty, and the right of nullification remained an unsettled issue. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 632/1 The nullification movement in South Carolina contributed to the transformation of his [sc. Jefferson's] image in the South. 3. More generally: the action of rendering something null or of no effect.In Jeremy Bentham's terminology: the action of a court in treating something as not existing or as not having been done, which does in fact exist or has in fact been done. In U.S. Law (usually termed jury nullification): the action of a jury in a criminal case in disregarding its own findings of fact when acquitting a defendant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > rendering void or invalid non-certificate1455 non-certifying1474 evacuating1594 infirming1612 evacuation1649 avoidinga1716 nullification1808 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 18 Principle of nullification; decision on grounds avowedly foreign to the merits. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 66 His accession to the throne was ushered in by the nullification of his father's will. 1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. xxiii. 317 The old corrupt and perjurious suits for nullification of marriage. 1886 Manch. Examiner 17 Feb. 5/4 The nullification of elections by a partisan majority. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 343/2 It was my privilege to listen to a sodality of local rounders bawl out the juryman on whom they had pinned hopes of some feeble gesture of nullification. 1989 Japan Times 15 Nov. 4/1 Arias Calderon also asked people to protest nullification of May 7 election results after church services Sunday. 1992 W. R. Lafave & J. H. Israel Criminal Procedure 960 A jury..has the power to acquit, even when its findings..would have resulted in a conviction... This practice, usually referred to as jury nullification, would seem to be part of the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. Derivatives nullifiˈcationist n. and adj. now historical (a) n. a person who advocates nullification (in sense 2); (b) adj. advocating nullification (in sense 2). ΚΠ 1848 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Oct. 533 Should there come some such a storm as the rabid nullificationists of the South are threatening, we confess to the painful fear, that on the back of that wave we should break in two. 1862 J. M. Ludlow Hist. U.S. 135 The President..seemed almost a natural ally to the Nullificationists. 1929 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 143 This view..bears close kinship to the basic motives of such nullificationist and secessionist leaders in the United States. 1981 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 47 345 They..were unfailingly vilified in the nullificationist Mercury for their subservience to Yankee suppliers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631
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