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They draw a parallel with the law of nullity in marriage ie, if people do not enter wholeheartedly and with free consent into a marriage (or an art deal), then that marriage (or art deal) is null and void and can be absolved.In fact, much of the art was made for sale, and often with foreign buyers in mind.
Marriage can be declared null and void on application by one of the spouses or by the public prosecutor on various grounds, such as lack of form or affinity, but the consequences of such nullity approximate those of divorce: the children are not necessarily illegitimate.
Once the nullity of the existential possibilities is recognized, humans cannot but resign themselves to Being, which, in one of its new manifestations in the world or beyond it, conducts them to a new epoch.
Twenty years later, he was able to obtain the decree of nullity that enabled him to legitimize his children by Francesca Armosino, his longtime companion.
The judicial branch of the Curia consists of three tribunals: the Apostolic Signatura (the highest judicial body), the Sacred Roman Rota (for judging ecclesiastical cases appealed to the Vatican, especially those concerning the nullity of marriage), and the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (for various matters of conscience).
By article 34 the state recognized the validity of Catholic marriage and its subjection to the provisions of canon law; nullity cases were therefore reserved to the ecclesiastical courts, and there could be no divorce.
When his emotional appeal to his mother is rejected (a chillingly smooth Kristen McNally), he reacts with a kind of dull nullity.
From the comfort of his exile's brownstone in Manhattan, Mart files a searing couple of thousand words on some vexed and unfathomable topic for a British newspaper – the rise of the militant pensioner, say, or, as happened last week, the intellectual nullity of Jeremy Corbyn, whereupon all hell erupts.
"In this case, it is clear from public statements from the purported election agent that the information on the form was inaccurate to the point of rendering the nomination a complete nullity , which can be disregarded for the purposes of the election".
The significance of Erastus' theses, which were published posthumously in 1589 under the title Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis…, was reflected by their numerous translations: in 1659 as The Nullity of Church Censures, in 1682 as A Treatise of Excommunication, and in 1844 in a Scottish edition.
Declarations of nullity , however, should not be confused with divorce nor be thought of as a substitute for divorce.
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The noun "nullity" functions primarily to describe a state or condition of being void, invalid, or without legal force . It's often employed in legal or philosophical discussions, as demonstrated by Ludwig examples concerning marriage and existential possibilities. The Ludwig AI confirms its grammatical correctness.
Expression frequency: Very common
