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  • 41annual / annul —    Annual means yearly : We must pay an annual tax.    Annul means to make void or invalid : They want to annul the marriage …

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  • 42Annulled — Annul An*nul , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annulling}.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See {Null}, a.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. [1913 Webster] Light,… …

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  • 43Annulling — Annul An*nul , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annulling}.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See {Null}, a.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. [1913 Webster] Light,… …

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  • 44annulment — annul UK US /əˈnʌl/ verb [T] LAW ► to state officially that something such as a law, agreement, or marriage no longer exists: »The court did not annul the sentences but ruled they should be reviewed. »We will seek an early hearing in order to get …

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  • 45annulment — annul ► VERB (annulled, annulling) ▪ declare (a law, marriage, or other legal contract) invalid. DERIVATIVES annulment noun. ORIGIN Latin annullare, from nullum nothing …

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  • 46AGUNAH — (Heb. עֲגוּנָה; lit. tied, cf. Ruth 1:13), married woman who for whatsoever reason is separated from her husband and cannot remarry, either because she cannot obtain a divorce from him (see divorce ), or because it is unknown whether he is still… …

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  • 47Matot — Matot, Mattot, Mattoth, or Matos (מַּטּוֹת Hebrew for “tribes,” the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 42nd weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of… …

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  • 48abrogate — ab·ro·gate / a brə ˌgāt/ vt gat·ed, gat·ing [Latin abrogare, from ab off + rogare ask, ask for approval of (a law)]: to abolish by authoritative, official, or formal action: annul repeal a recent addition to [section] 51B abrogate s statutory and …

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  • 49set aside — vt 1: to disagree with and overturn (a decision or act of a lower tribunal) upon review: overrule vacate set aside the decree 2: to deprive of legal effect or force: annul void may set aside the contract …

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  • 50TAKKANOT — (Heb. תַּקָּנוֹת pl.; sing. תַּקָּנָה). This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition and substance legislation in the halakhah nature of halakhic legislation rules of legislation role of the public annulment of takkanot …

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