nullification
nounThe act of nullifying or the state of being nullified.
nounThe action by a state not to enforce a federal law as improperly encroaching on the scope of state power.
nounA theory justifying such action.
nounThe act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect; specifically, in U. S. hist., the action of a State intended to abrogate within its limits the operation of a federal law, under the assumption of absolute State sovereignty.
nounThe act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.
nounthe right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.
nounThe act of