Nullity
Pronunciation : Nul"li*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullit? . See Null.]
Definition : 1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
2. (Law)
Defn: Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.
3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity Macaulay.
pl. Nullities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913