Sentence examples for or nullification from inspiring English sources

The legislatures of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, and South Carolina in solemn session have passed interposition, or nullification, resolutions, which declare that the Supreme Court's ruling violates their sovereignty.

Of course, this is not as decisive a rejection or nullification as the others mentioned above, but it is a functional rejection of the problematic passages, nevertheless.

The attenuation or nullification of these hazards after adjustment for all covariates suggests that former drinkers may be disproportionally subject to a clustering of negative exposures.

To this day, though it is not widely known or practiced, nullification remains a right in jury trials.

"The attitude is, do what you have to legally do to prevent a Paris-style attack in the US," he said, "and I think there are a lot of prosecutors out there who would say, 'I would rather prosecute a case and take the chance on losing on technicality or jury nullification than take a chance to not prosecute on terrorism charges".

This mirrors findings from 54 mortality studies examined systematically, 16 where the removal of former drinkers from referent categories resulted in an attenuation or complete nullification of reported protective effects.

Listeners wary of too much electronic manipulation tend to fear bloodlessness — the nullification or voiding out of soul.

Some of the activists leading the campaign for nullification, or mubteloon, explained their reasoning at a news conference earlier in the week, the Egypt Independent reported.

As the court of appeal explained: "What is required is a real risk of a breach of the principles of a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 which is 'so fundamental as to amount to a nullification, or destruction of the very essence, of the right guaranteed by that article'".

The death of a spouse or partner does not nullify a marriage or relationship -- that sort of nullification involves a divorce or a breakup.

In Italy, one-third of a company's board must be women by 2015 or the business will face fines of up to €1 million, or $1.3 million, and the nullification of board elections.