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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being annulled.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That may be Annulled.

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  • adjective Capable of being annulled.

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Examples

  • That is why in the Christian tradition, and historically in Western law, consummated marriages are not dissoluble or annullable on the ground of infertility, even though the nature of the marital relationship is shaped and structured by its intrinsic orientation to the great good of procreation.

    Nathaniel Frank: Christian Leaders Scapegoat Gays on Marriage 2009

  • "Accordingly," Sneep said, "it is annullable by the powers vested in me."

    Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

  • While it was an annullable thing, she could also be crowned with him.

    Prince of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1991

  • If a patient who has tuberculosis conceals the fact from the future partner, a fraud is committed, and the marriage is morally annullable.

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • It has been declared legally annullable by a recent decision of a New

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • It is a civil contract between persons capable of making a legal agreement; the sanction of the state is necessary to its validity; it is annullable for cause through judicial process.

    The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion 1901

  • J.B. Pond, and offer to lecture a year for $10 a week and her expenses, the contract to be annullable by him at any time, after a month's notice, but not annullable by her at all.

    Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872

  • J.B. Pond, and offer to lecture a year for $10 a week and her expenses, the contract to be annullable by him at any time, after a month's notice, but not annullable by her at all.

    Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872

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