Sentence examples similar to nullifying a claim from inspiring English sources

The federal government rejected a proposal on Friday to build an Indian casino in the Catskills, nullifying a deal reached in the waning days of the Paterson administration to settle a land claim by a tribe based in Wisconsin.

Joined by black lawmakers, ministers and the NAACP, they claimed the state's mostly white legislature violated their civil rights by nullifying a new minimum wage increase in Birmingham, where most of the workers are black.

He swished both, nullifying a gallant performance by Damon Stoudamire in the final three minutes.

Now that April Fool's Day has passed, the benevolent GameStation has nullified all claims to their customers' souls.

But a subsequent piece of legislation, which the House approved, eliminated the exemption, effectively nullifying that claim.

Arguably, any one of the three could have claimed ownership, thereby nullifying anyone's claim under arcane rules of the Copyright Act of 1909.

The shows' insurers are asking a judge to nullify a $17.5m policy that they say AEG got with false claims about Jackson's health and readiness to perform.

A United States bankruptcy judge has nullified a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that would have canceled 90 wireless telephone licenses claimed by NextWave Telecom Inc.

One of Fabini's penalties nullified a play in which Wayne Chrebet caught a touchdown pass.

A few judges, he said, "feel they have to nullify a very well observed election".

It wants to nullify a potential storm of bad publicity before it arrives.