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annul

[uh-nuhl] / əˈnʌl /


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A legal bid by some residents to annul all transactions since Ravi's arrival in 2021 was rejected by the Madras High Court last year, but several other cases are ongoing.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Klein & Wilson, a law firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., outlines the reasons you can revoke or annul a contract.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

Andros immediately sought to annul the move on grounds that only he had the authority to name a thanksgiving day.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

The Church was established in the 16th century by Henry VIII, the king who broke with the Catholic church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

No, I think, but even if it were, it turned out to be Mitt, some wondrous thing, who will forever annul any of our regret.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Open the history annuls and you'll find celebrities and WAGs - the wives and girlfriends of drivers - visible in the paddock for decades.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

"The General Court annuls the decision of the European Commission approving Romanian aid to Timisoara International Airport in favour of Wizz Air," the Court said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

From Reuters Feb. 8, 2023

Sept. 7: Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously annuls portions of a law in Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2021

Maldives court annuls former leader's conviction: Maldives's top court has annulled former president Mohamed Nasheed's conviction on terrorism charges.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2018

Hence falsehood directly annuls the end of an oath: and for this reason, that perversity in swearing, which is called perjury, takes its species chiefly from falsehood.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

He annulled her royal title; declared their only child, Elizabeth, illegitimate; and damned her memory.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Greenspan’s marriage was annulled amicably after a year, but his friendship with Rand lasted until her death in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

Tuesday's vote came after the lower house last week backed repealing outdated slavery legislation that was never annulled despite the practice being abolished in 1848.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Their marriage was annulled the following November, months before “Control” was released.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2026

Also, she must still be either hating Mr. McAllister like poison or else loving his eyes out and having second thoughts about not getting annulled.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Dieudonne Boutrin, an activist from the overseas territory of Martinique who is descended from enslaved people, said annulling the Black Code should have been done ages ago.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Lore Segal was 10 years old in 1938 when Nazi Germany annexed Austria and began the process of annulling the citizenships and confiscating the properties of Jewish families such as her own.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

That was until the Constitutional Council stepped in on Thursday, annulling Mr Sall's decree and voiding the contentious parliamentary bill.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

Colombia's aviation regulator approved the merger in late April after repeated delays, with the civil aviation authority objecting to the deal last November, before annulling and reopening the process in January after citing procedural irregularities.

From Reuters May 13, 2023

Surely, there will be repercussions, but will they go so far as Coin annulling our agreement for the victors’ immunity?

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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