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[nuhl]
–adjective
1. without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
2. being or amounting to nothing; nil; lacking; nonexistent.
3. Mathematics. (of a set)
a. empty.
b. of measure zero.
4. being or amounting to zero.
–noun
5. Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cancel; make null.
7. null and void, without legal force or effect; not valid: This contract is null and void.

Origin:
1555–65; < L nūllus, equiv. to n(e) not + ūllus any
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Word Origin & History

null 
"void of legal force," 1563, from M.Fr. nul, from L. nullus "not any, none," from ne- "not, no" (see un-) + illus "any," dim. of unus "one."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: null
Pronunciation: 'n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Anglo-French nul, literally, not any, from Latin nullus, from ne- not + ullus any
: having no legal or binding force : VOID null contract>
Science Dictionary
null   (nŭl)  Pronunciation Key 
Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

null and void

Canceled, invalid, as in The lease is now null and void. This phrase is actually redundant, since null means "void," that is, "ineffective." It was first recorded in 1669.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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