nullify the agreement

Meaning

To 'nullify the agreement' means to make a contract, treaty, or formal deal legally void, invalid, or of no effect. This usually happens because one party violated the terms, fraud was discovered, or a court of law ruled that the contract is unenforceable.

Examples

• Any unauthorized changes to this contract will immediately nullify the agreement.

  Any unauthorized changes to this contract will immediately nullify the agreement.

• The court ruled that the presence of fraudulent data was enough to nullify the agreement entirely.

  The court ruled that the presence of fraudulent data was enough to nullify the agreement entirely.

• We are seeking a legal loophole that would allow us to nullify the agreement without paying a penalty.

  We are seeking a legal loophole that would allow us to nullify the agreement without paying a penalty.

• Failure to meet the performance targets by the end of Q3 will nullify the agreement.

  Failure to meet the performance targets by the end of Q3 will nullify the agreement.

• Both parties signed an addendum that would effectively nullify the agreement they made last year.

  Both parties signed an addendum that would effectively nullify the agreement they made last year.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ They wanted to cancel out the agreement.

  ✓ They wanted to nullify the agreement.

  'Cancel out' is informal and usually refers to opposing forces neutralizing each other. In formal legal or business contexts, use 'nullify' or 'void'.

• ✗ The judge nullified the agreement to be invalid.

  ✓ The judge nullified the agreement.

  'Nullify' already means to make invalid or of no value, so adding 'to be invalid' is grammatically redundant.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If they fail to deliver the goods on time, we have the right to ___.

  💡 Make the contract legally void.

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  nullify the agreement

• A breach of confidentiality is sufficient grounds to ___.

  💡 Invalidate the signed deal.

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  nullify the agreement