null and void
Having no effect
Null and void is a legal phrase meaning completely invalid and without legal force.
The two words are near-synonyms reinforcing each other for emphasis—a contract declared null and void has no binding effect whatsoever: The court ruled the agreement null and void.
Outside legal contexts, it dismisses something as worthless or canceled: That promise is null and void now.
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
- struck downKnocked to the ground
- invalidWithout legal force
- nugatoryWithout worth or effect
- ab initioFrom the beginning
abrogated · unenforceable · dead letter · fine print · rescission · cancelled out · ineffective · inoperative · vacated · duress · repealed · illegal · contract termination · defunct · expired · negated · wiped clean · erased
- legalesehereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof, hereto
- contract endingstermination, termination notice, termination date, termination fee, termination letter
- contract defectsduress, fraud, misrepresentation, mistake, rescission
- null and voidinvalid, nonbinding, inoperative
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
null and voidvalid
Legally or logically sound
enforceable · binding · in force · legally binding · in effect
null and voidvalid
Legally or logically sound
effective · operative · in force · active · functioning
null and voidbinding
Legally or morally required
obligatory · compulsory · enforceable · irrevocable · inviolable
avoid, void, avoided, avoidance, avoiding, unavoidable, voided, null, annulment