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nnul
Third Person
annuls
Present Participle
annulling
Past Tense
annulled
Past Participle
annulled
1
to officially cancel a marriage, declaring it legally void as if it never occurred, typically due to fraud, incapacity, or procedural error
transitive
- The court agreed to annul the marriage due to lack of consent.
- She filed to annul the marriage after discovering his hidden identity.
- Their brief union was annulled on grounds of mental incompetence.
- He sought to annul the marriage, claiming it was never consummated.
- The judge annulled the marriage after confirming it violated state law.
2
to invalidate a legal agreement
- The court ruled to annul the contract, declaring it void from the beginning due to a lack of mutual consent.
- After reviewing the evidence, the judge agreed to annul the partnership agreement, citing a breach of terms by one of the parties.
- The company sought to annul the agreement, arguing that the terms were misrepresented during the negotiation process.
- To annul a legal agreement, one must usually demonstrate that it was formed under conditions that violate the law.
- The parties sought to annul the contract after discovering that it had been signed under duress.
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