nullify the contract

Meaning

To make a legal agreement legally void, invalid, or of no force. This expression is used in formal business and legal contexts when one party seeks to cancel an agreement due to a breach, a technicality, or mutual agreement.

Examples

• If either party fails to meet the deadline, the court may nullify the contract.

  If either party fails to meet the deadline, the court may nullify the contract.

• They sought legal counsel to find a loophole that would nullify the contract.

  They sought legal counsel to find a loophole that would nullify the contract.

• A material breach of terms is often enough to nullify the contract entirely.

  A material breach of terms is often enough to nullify the contract entirely.

• The discovery of fraudulent data was used to nullify the contract.

  The discovery of fraudulent data was used to nullify the contract.

• We cannot simply nullify the contract without facing significant financial penalties.

  We cannot simply nullify the contract without facing significant financial penalties.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We want to nullify of the contract.

  ✓ We want to nullify the contract.

  Nullify is a transitive verb and takes a direct object. Do not use the preposition 'of' after it.

• ✗ The manager decided to nullify the contract verbally.

  ✓ The manager sought to nullify the contract through legal channels.

  Nullify is a formal legal action. You cannot nullify a contract informally or verbally without a formal written agreement or legal basis.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Failure to disclose these financial liabilities could ___.

  💡 make the agreement legally void

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  nullify the contract

• The legal team is working on a strategy to ___ without penalty.

  💡 invalidate the agreement

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  nullify the contract