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Nullify vs. Void

To invalidate a legal act versus the state of being without force.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The contract is already null once both parties sign.

✓ Correct

The contract is void once both parties breach it — the breach nullifies it.

The ruleii

NULLIFY = make invalid. VOID = already invalid.

To NULLIFY is the action — an authority deliberately cancels or invalidates. VOID is the state — the agreement has no legal effect. A void contract doesn't need to be nullified.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Action: nullify. State: void.

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