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null and void
null and void
Cliché without legal force; having no legal effect. The court declared the law to be null and void. The millionaire's will was null and void because it was unsigned.
null and void
Canceled, invalid, as in The lease is now null and void. This phrase is actually redundant, since null means "void," that is, "ineffective." It was first recorded in 1669.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Bogdana | | bawg-DAH-nah (Polish) | Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic |
| Billie | | BIL-ee | English |
| Aindrea | | - | Scottish |
| ThỊ | | - | Vietnamese |
| Eli (2) | | - | Hebrew |
| SynnØVe | | - | Norwegian |