Noun:

अमान्य ठहराना, मंसूख़ करना, उठा देना,

nullification's Usage Examples:

It is, however, unquestionably true, that as a startling protest against measures" to silence,"in Jefferson's words," by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of our agents,"they served, in this respect, a useful purpose; and as a counterblast against Hamiltonian principles of centralization they were probably, at that moment, very salutary; while even as pieces of constitutional interpretation it is to be remembered that they did not contemplate nullification by any single state, and, moreover, are not to be judged by constitutional principles established later by courts and war.

The nullification movement led in 1833 to the well-known compromise, by which the rates of duty as established by the Act of 1832 were to be gradually reduced, reaching in 1842 a general level of 20 per cent.

He was the author of A Critical Study of Nullification in South Carolina (1896).

He was a Liberal Democrat, and advised the calling of a constitutional convention as preferable to nullification or secession.

The tariff of 1828 aroused bitter opposition in South Carolina, and called from Vice-President Calhoun the statement of the doctrine of nullification which was adopted by the South Carolina legislature at the close of the year and is known as the South Carolina Exposition.

Green, however, continued to edit it in the Calhoun interest until 1835, and gave vigorous support to that leader's nullification views.

Congress passed an act gradually reducing the duties to a revenue basis, and South Carolina repealed her nullification measures.

See also STATE RIGHTS, NULLIFICATION, and CONFEDERATE STATES.

He became prominent, politically, during the nullification excitement of 1832-1833, as a vigorous opponent of nullification, and from 1836 to 1845 he sat in the United States Senate as a Unionist Democrat.

President Jackson responded with a proclamation denying the right of nullification, and asked Congress for authority to collect the revenue in South Carolina by force if necessary.

Synonyms:

cancellation, counteraction, neutralisation, neutralization, vitiation, override, change of state,

Antonyms:

finish,