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Nullity

The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Enactment 76% connected

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

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Nonentity 76% connected

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

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Nonexistence 76% connected

Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.

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Null 74% connected

Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

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Null 74% connected

Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

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Nihility 92% connected

Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nothingness 92% connected

Nihility; nonexistence.

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Void 92% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…

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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA noun · 78% connection

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Avail verb · 78% connection

To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the pl…

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Available adjective · 78% connection

Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

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Cipherhood noun · 78% connection

Nothingness.

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Coercion noun · 78% connection

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

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Compel verb · 78% connection

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

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Counterpoise noun · 78% connection

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

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Deface verb · 78% connection

To destroy; to make null.

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Defeasance noun · 78% connection

A rendering null or void.

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Defeat verb · 78% connection

To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

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Do-nothingism noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Do-nothingness

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Efficaciousness noun · 78% connection

capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"

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