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 Steven Gilmore, his public defender, has argued those missing details should render the indictment against his client null and void. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024 Jeff Mandell, attorney for the criminal justice groups, argued Wednesday that the three measures were not properly submitted to the people and must be declared null and void. Scott Bauer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024 Typically, these garments require manual de-stitching or the use of permanent adhesives, which render disassembly null and void. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 City’s seemingly never-ending courtroom tussles with the Premier League took on a new dimension recently, with the club seeking to have those November amendments declared null and void too. Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for null and void
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  • Numerous state legislatures, heavily lobbied by commercial industries, have preempted or challenged Rights of Nature laws, rendering them null, void, and wholly unenforceable.
    India Nye Wenner, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
  • To reporters late Sunday evening and later on social media, Trump claimed the pardons are null because Biden had used an autopen rather than sign by hand.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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  • Walgreens pharmacists ignored red flags that the prescriptions were invalid or lacked a medical purpose, the complaint said.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Walgreens then allegedly submitted reimbursement claims to several different federal healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, for prescriptions that were invalid or not medically necessary and were not eligible for reimbursement, according to the agreement.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Thankfully, plenty of other types of fruit are standing at the ready to fill that fiber void—without skimping on that watermelon-like crunch either.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The agreements were declared void, and the Kailasans were deported — not to Kailasa, but to their actual home countries, among them India, the United States, Sweden and China.
    Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Null and void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/null%20and%20void. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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