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• n  (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

• Aimed to stabilize the sick coal industry (see below), the bill lacks the labor provisions which caused Supreme Court invalidation of the original Guffey Coal Act, creates a .
• During the 1970s and early '80s, homosexuals sometimes won legislative repeal or judicial invalidation of sodomy laws, which remain in force in about half the states and the .
• Scientific invalidation of this and other forms of homeopathy, especially by a federal agency, might convince millions of Americans that they are spending hundreds of millions of .

• annulment

News & Articles

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• Brown: A sad day for marriage
  It was outrageous for the Supreme Court to invalidate Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and allow the potential invalidation of California’s Proposition 8, a law passed with the support of more than 7 million voters.
  June 29, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Court says gay marriage can resume in Calif.
  A federal appeals court on Friday approved the resumption of same-sex marriage in California, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of Proposition 8.
  June 29, 2013 - The Bay Bulletin
• The Supreme Court's true defense of marriage
  The Supreme Court's true defense of marriage [...] the symbolic, legal and practical effects of their twin rulings on same-sex marriage were profound. [...] the court's invalidation of a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act will allow same-sex couples in the 12 states and District of Columbia that sanction such unions to the full federal rights and responsibilities of marriage. The high court ...
  June 27, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle