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Plural
annulments
1
a legal process of declaring a marriage or any type of official contract null and void as if it had never existed
- The annulment of the official document was required to correct the administrative error.
- The annulment involved proving that the marriage was never legally valid.
- She filed for an annulment of her marriage after discovering her spouse's deception.
- The court granted the annulment, nullifying the legal obligations of the agreement.
- Due to the annulment, all contractual obligations were erased as if the contract had never existed.
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2
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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3
the state of being cancelled or annulled
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