JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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to cancel or overturn
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to correct an error
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to finalize an amendment
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to tax
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Detailed explanation-1: -nullify, negate, annul, abrogate, invalidate mean to deprive of effective or continued existence. nullify implies counteracting completely the force, effectiveness, or value of something. a penalty nullified the touchdown. negate implies the destruction or canceling out of each of two things by the other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nullification is the act of cancelling something. Counteracting the effects of a snakebite with an antidote could be described as nullification, for example. Use the noun nullification when one thing overcomes or overrides another, basically erasing the effects of the first thing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nullification is the constitutional theory that individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional, and it has been controversial since its inception in early American history. There have been three prominent attempts by states at nullification in American history.