Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparablelawInvalid, cancelled, unenforceable.
All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'.
1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England, page 2122 more examples
[…] on at least a dozen occasions, the Supreme Court itself […] had spent the last three decades scrutinizing and parsing, expanding and restricting and harmonizing and distinguishing a decision that had been null and void all along. Who knew!
1999, The New York Times Biographical Service, volume 30, page 1518The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy.
2009, My Last Cruise, Alexander Habersham, →ISBN, page 35
Translations
Arabic لَاغٍ وَبَاطِل
- لَاغٍ وَبَاطِل (lāḡin wabāṭil)invalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Dutch van nul en gener waarde, nietig
- van nul en gener waardeinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
- nietiginvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Finnish mitätön, pätemätön
- mitätöninvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
- pätemätöninvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
French nul et non avenu, caduc
- nul et non avenuinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
- caducinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
German null und nichtig
- null und nichtiginvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Greek άκυρος
- άκυρος (ákyros)invalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Hebrew בטל ומבוטל
- בטל ומבוטל (batél um'vutál)invalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Hungarian érvénytelen
- érvényteleninvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Indonesian batal demi hukum
- batal demi hukuminvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Italian nullo
- nulloinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Latin irritus
- irritusinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Norwegian død og maktesløs
- død og maktesløsinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Polish nieważny, nieprawomocny
- nieważnyinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
- nieprawomocnyinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Romanian nul și neavenit
- nul și neavenitinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Spanish nulo e inválido, nulo e írrito
- nulo e inválidoinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
- nulo e írritoinvalid, cancelled, unenforceable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with null and void
Cite this entry
null and void. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/null%20and%20void
“null and void.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/null%20and%20void. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “null and void,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/null%20and%20void.
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