Nullification
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Nullification may refer to:
- Nullification (U.S. Constitution)Nullification (U.S. Constitution)Nullification is a legal theory that a State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional...
, a legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law that a state has deemed unconstitutional. - Nullification CrisisNullification CrisisThe Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariff of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within...
, the 1832 confrontation between the United States government and the state of South Carolina over the latter's attempt to nullify a federal law. - Jury nullificationJury nullificationJury nullification occurs in a trial when a jury reaches a verdict contrary to the judge's instructions as to the law.A jury verdict contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it; however, if a pattern of acquittals develops in response to repeated attempts to...
, a legal term that refers to a jury's ability to deliver a verdict knowingly in contradiction to written law. - Nullification, a form of body modification involving the voluntary removal of body parts