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Nullification may refer to:

  • Nullification (U.S. Constitution), a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify any federal law deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution
  • Nullification Crisis, the 1832 confrontation between the U.S. government and South Carolina over the latter's attempt to nullify a federal law
    • Ordinance of Nullification, declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state borders of South Carolina
  • Jury nullification, a legal term for a jury's ability to deliver a verdict knowingly in contradiction to written law
  • Nullification (body modification), short for "genital nullification", a member of an extreme body modification subculture

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Nullification

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Look up nullification or nullify in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nullification may refer to: Nullification (U.S. Constitution), a legal theory that...

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Nullification crisis

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Nullification Convention met again on March 11. It repealed the November Nullification Ordinance and also, "in a purely symbolic gesture", nullified the...

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Jury nullification

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are criticized by advocates of jury nullification. Some commonly cited historical examples of jury nullification involve jurors refusing to convict persons...

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Nullifier Party

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Resolutions had stopped short of actually advocating nullification.) [citation needed] The Nullifier Party operated almost exclusively in South Carolina...

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Ultimate Nullifier

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the same region that it had previously nullified, that the resulting action would "undo" the previous nullification event and restore the universe; instead...

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Ordinance of Nullification

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Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, November 24, 1832". avalon.law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-23. The Doctrines of Nullification and Succession, A Historical...

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Jury nullification in the United States

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these, only 21% of the acquittals were attributable to jury nullification. Jury nullification sometimes takes the form of a jury convicting the defendant...

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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amendments. During the "nullification crisis" of 1828–1833, South Carolina passed an Ordinance of Nullification purporting to nullify two federal tariff laws...

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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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bedrock for arguments for nullification. In the 19th century, several states relied on this interpretation to declare nullification of federal laws or decisions...

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Jury instructions

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possibility of jury nullification during jury instructions. One argument states that if juries have the power of jury nullification, then they should be...

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Andrew Jackson

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worked to support nullification or secession. On December 10, he issued a proclamation against the "nullifiers", condemning nullification as contrary to...

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Body modification

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Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. In its broadest definition it includes...

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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nationally. It was considered a nullification of federal law, a concept popular among slave states that wanted to nullify other aspects of federal law,...

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Christopher Memminger

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He was a leader of the opponents during the Nullification Crisis. He published The Book of Nullification (1832–33), which satirized the advocates of the...

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1833 Georgia gubernatorial election

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support the principle of Nullification. The Union party instantly used this to their advantage by calling the Troup Nullifiers and associating them with...

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World War I

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to remain neutral if the latter was attacked by Germany, effectively nullifying its role in the Triple Alliance. When the war began in 1914, Italy argued...

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Tariff of Abominations

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could not tolerate the nullification of a federal law by a state. He threatened war and South Carolina backed down. The Nullification Crisis would be resolved...

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Renaissance group

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electoral code; a by-election was held in his constituency as a result. The nullification of the election of Ramlati Ali in Mayotte's 1st constituency on 19 January...

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Tariff of 1833

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was proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. Enacted under Andrew Jackson's presidency, it was adopted to...

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Concurrent majority

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passed the Ordinance of Nullification on the Tariff of 1828 and its successor, the Tariff of 1832, thus beginning the Nullification Crisis. Andrew Jackson...

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Destro

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Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic...

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Rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc

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improper procedures, deceit, and fraud, and the charges against Joan were nullified. The execution of Joan of Arc for heresy occurred in Rouen on 30 May 1431...

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2020 United States presidential election

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Texas v. Pennsylvania motion (left), which called for the Supreme Court to nullify the election, and amicus curiae brief from 17 states (right)...

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Thomas Jefferson

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nullification of the act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non fœderis) to nullify...

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Second Vienna Award

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The Second Vienna Award, also known as the Vienna Diktat, was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy...

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