null and void

as in null
having no legal or binding force public disclosure of the terms of the out-of-court settlement renders it null and void

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Recent Examples of null and void This package was declared null and void in January by a Delaware court due to the fact that Denholm and her fellow directors allowed Musk to set the terms himself. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024 Under the agreement, Disney conceded that a set of agreements involving the design and construction of the resort — which had just been signed days before DeSantis’ allies took control — is null and void. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024 The residents are seeking an expedited review of the case and the finding that the bill is null and void. Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2024 Since investors remained in the dark as to the sheer extent of Tesla’s governance problems, the 2018 vote approving his compensation with a 73% majority of the shareholder stock present (excluding shares held by Musk) was hence null and void. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for null and void 
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Adjective
  • The null result emerged from 280 days of data collection.
    Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • However, scientific studies have found mixed results: On the one hand, some studies find evidence that passionate employees tend to perform better, while other research has documented null or even negative effects on performance.
    Erica R. Bailey, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Harvard Business Review, 24 July 2024
Adjective
  • His legal team had argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump had asserted executive privilege.
    Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Failure to comply with these requirements renders the mail ballot invalid.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Search is void in the Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D’ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Zimbabwe and where prohibited by law.
    TIME.com, TIME.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And 90% of the movie, including stuff that’s like interdimensional void stuff, all was actually at that farm.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2024

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“Null and void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/null%20and%20void. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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