Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Weakness; infirmity.
- n. Lack of validity; want of cogency, force, or efficacy; specifically, lack of legal force: as, the invalidity of an argument or of a will.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness.
- n. obsolete Lack of health; infirmity.
WordNet 3.0
- n. illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses
Examples
“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.”
“He recommended that Marshoff obtain legal advice about ways to rectify the "invalidity" of her decision in the absence of the committee's advice.”
“A rare "invalidity" this -- a little confusing easy classifications.”
Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial
“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
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Rules Microsoft Must Pay in Patent Case
“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the statutory and constitutional validity of the regulations, the Government declined even to defend them, and instead rescinded some and conceded the invalidity of those that remained, leading us to vacate the opinions below and remand for consideration of mootness.”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
“Pending that possible eventuality, we see no urgent reason to now decide the question of invalidity or validity with finality.”
“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'.”
The Huffington Post: Satpal Singh: The 4th Of July: American Sikhs Celebrate a Self-Evident Truth
“If one needs proof of the theory's invalidity, all he need do is study FDR's Keynesian spending in the 1930s.”
The Wall Street Journal: Clearly, Lord Keynes's Ideas Aren't Working as Intended
“Ridership from 2002 to 2006 on the eight newest systems has also indicated the invalidity of this conclusion.”
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