The phrase "action to nullify" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to steps taken to invalidate or cancel something, such as a contract or decision.
Example: "The company is taking action to nullify the agreement due to breach of contract."
Alternatives: "steps to invalidate" or "measures to cancel".
Republican leaders had signed on to an extreme remedy for Clinton's private sexual behavior; there actions sought to nullify the 1996 presidential election.
(2) The Board shall transmit a copy of the record of proceedings to the proper naval authority for filing in the applicant's service record except where the effect of such action would be to nullify the relief granted.
With public opinion solidly behind legalization, is it realistic to think that Obama's Justice Department will take action to try to nullify Colorado's and Washington's laws?
But plaintiffs Madigan and Cullerton are correct in pointing out the danger of Quinn's action and seeking to nullify it.
Conservation groups ask the South Carolina Supreme Court to nullify actions by a state board approving the deepening of the Savannah River.
A Dartmouth College student found guilty of sexual abuse last spring by the college's discipline committee and suspended until January will file a lawsuit against the college this week seeking to nullify the actions, his lawyer says.
To argue, as Ramsey, Somin, and I have, that the judiciary has the authority, and, indeed, the duty, to nullify unconstitutional actions, and that the other branches must adhere to its judgments, is not to make the judiciary supreme over the other branches but co-equal.
And there is little doubt that no matter what he decides next week, Europe will take him to the World Trade Organization, seeking to nullify the American action.
This morning, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from T-Mobile to nullify 3 class action lawsuits aimed in their direction.
