nullity /ˈnʌlɪti/:无效;作废;无效状态(常用于法律或正式语境,指某项行为、合同、婚姻等在法律上不成立或被视为无效)。也可指“微不足道的人或事”(较少见)。
The contract was declared a nullity.
该合同被宣布为无效。
Because the signature was forged, the agreement became a nullity under the law, and neither party could enforce it.
由于签名被伪造,该协议在法律上被视为无效,双方都无法据此强制执行。
/ˈnʌlɪti/
源自拉丁语 nullus(“没有的、无”)与表示状态的后缀构成,经过中古法语/中古英语的发展,形成 nullity,核心含义一直围绕“无、无效、作废”。