Nullity /(nŭl"lĭ*ty̆)/

Nul·li·ty

Nullity

n.

pl. Nullities

  1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
  2. Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists. (Law)
  3. That which is null.
    Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity?