What does annulment mean?

Definitions for annulment
əˈnʌl məntan·nul·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. revocation, annulmentnoun

    the state of being cancelled or annulled

  2. annulment, invalidationnoun

    (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

  3. abrogation, repeal, annulmentnoun

    the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Wiktionary

  1. annulmentnoun

    An act or instance of annulling.

  2. annulmentnoun

    A state of having been annulled.

  3. annulmentnoun

    An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract

  4. annulmentnoun

    A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

  5. annulmentnoun

    Total destruction.

  6. Etymology: Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from to annul (from annullen, from annuller, from annullare, from ad 'to' nullus 'not any, nothing' + verbal ending -are)+ -ment 'means to' (from -mentum)

Wikipedia

  1. Annulment

    Annulment is a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place (though some jurisdictions provide that the marriage is only void from the date of the annulment; for example, this is the case in section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in England and Wales). In legal terminology, an annulment makes a void marriage or a voidable marriage null.

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  1. annulment

    Annulment is a legal procedure that declares a marriage null and void, as if it never existed. It differs from divorce, which acknowledges the marriage but dissolves it. Annulments are typically granted in cases of fraud, misrepresentation, incest, bigamy, lack of consent, or mental illness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Annulmentnoun

    the act of annulling; abolition; invalidation

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. annulement.]

Wikidata

  1. Annulment

    Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place. For example, this is the case in section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in England and Wales. In legal terminology, an annulment makes a voidable marriage null. If a marriage is void ab initio, then it is automatically null, although a declaration of nullity is required to establish this. The process of obtaining a declaration of nullity is similar to an annulment process. Despite its retroactive nature, children born before an annulment are considered legitimate in many countries. Annulments are closely associated with the Catholic Church, which does not permit divorce, teaching that marriage is a lifelong commitment which cannot be dissolved through divorce, but can be annulled if invalidly entered into.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of annulment in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of annulment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of annulment in a Sentence

  1. Jason Alexander:

    They told me if I would sign the contracts — the annulment — they would let me and Britney continue our relationship, and if we felt the same way in six months they would give us a proper marriage, so I had no reason to believe otherwise. I thought that’s what the truth was. They were allowing Britney and I to still have phone communication.

  2. Jason Alexander:

    They told me if I would sign the contracts — the annulment — they would let me and Britney continue our relationship, and if we felt the same way in six months, they would give us a proper marriage.

  3. Kacie Hughes:

    Catholic schools in general allow teachers to be divorced without an annulment, or let teachers be on the pill or let men get a vasectomy ... there are so many examples.

  4. Kate Briola:

    Of course, I want an annulment, but now that I have a child, it's no longer my priority.

  5. Witold Walczak:

    The ACLU is hopeful that the Superior Court will apply established legal principles to allow annulment of adoptions by same-sex couples who that they can finally partake of their constitutional right to marry.

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