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Null; void; without force or effect; lacking in authority. For example, a will that has not been properly witnessed is invalid and unenforceable. invalid adjective abrogated, baseless, canceled, fallacious, faulty, futile, having no force, inadequate, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, inritus, lacking authority, lacking force, lacking strength, not binddng, nugatory, null, quashed, unauthentic, untenable, untrue, useless, vain, void, weak, without legal efficacy Associated concepts: invalid delegation, invalid gift, invalid transfer, invalid will Foreign phrases: Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequennia.A conclusion as to the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid. See also: disabled, fallacious, false, faulty, helpless, illegal, inaccurate, inactive, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, nugatory, null and void, otiose, patient, powerless, sophistic, unavailing, unsound, untenable INVALID. In a physical sense, it is that which is wanting force; in a figurative sense, it signifies that which has no effect. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Three of them had already been ordained invalidly by a member of the Old-Catholic church, a schismatic branch of the Catholic Church, which, after accepting female priests some years ago, is now heretical as well as schismatic and, therefore, no longer part of the Catholic communion. It was claimed in effect that American power was invalidly used unless approved by the world, even in support of defined U. Thus, items of income and loss that were invalidly reported due to transactions' nonexistence were excluded). |
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