Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Weakness; infirmity.
- noun Lack of validity; want of cogency, force, or efficacy; specifically, lack of legal force: as, the invalidity of an argument or of a will.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness.
- noun obsolete Lack of health; infirmity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
invalid ; lack ofvalidity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses
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Examples
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Thirdly, claiming invalidity is not as easy as the Conservatives would have us believe, and implies that the medical profession are just giving sick notes away, willy-nilly.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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He recommended that Marshoff obtain legal advice about ways to rectify the "invalidity" of her decision in the absence of the committee's advice.
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Thoreau's mark even in the short later period of "invalidity" was complete and robust independence and triumph over it -- a thing which I have no doubt wholly captivated
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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A rare "invalidity" this -- a little confusing easy classifications.
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871
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Siri Guru Granth Sahib is equally clear on the invalidity of the caste system: as translated 'recognize One light in all, and ask not the caste - the caste is not recognized hereafter'.
Satpal Singh: The 4th Of July: American Sikhs Celebrate a Self-Evident Truth Satpal Singh 2011
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Siri Guru Granth Sahib is equally clear on the invalidity of the caste system: as translated 'recognize One light in all, and ask not the caste - the caste is not recognized hereafter'.
Satpal Singh: The 4th Of July: American Sikhs Celebrate a Self-Evident Truth Satpal Singh 2011
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However, she said that if the patent office "did not have all the material facts before it," its decision to award a patent "may lose significant force," and it could be easier to persuade a jury of a patent's invalidity by clear and convincing evidence.
Supreme Court Rules Microsoft Must Pay in Patent Case Jess Bravin 2011
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Siri Guru Granth Sahib is equally clear on the invalidity of the caste system: as translated 'recognize One light in all, and ask not the caste - the caste is not recognized hereafter'.
Satpal Singh: The 4th Of July: American Sikhs Celebrate a Self-Evident Truth Satpal Singh 2011
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After we granted certiorari to review the statutory and constitutional validity of the regulations, the Government declined even to defend them, and instead rescinded some and conceded the invalidity of those that remained, leading us to vacate the opinions below and remand for consideration of mootness.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform 2010
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Pending that possible eventuality, we see no urgent reason to now decide the question of invalidity or validity with finality.
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