(Latin: ad, to; nullus, none: to nothing)
A declaration by the ecclesiastical or civilauthorities that a reputed marriage never was valid because owing to some known or hidden invalidating impediment it was not contracted validly and is therefore null and void. The impediments are listed under Diriment Impediments.
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