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A formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
Answer for the clue "A formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) ", 12 letters:
invalidation
Word definitions for invalidation in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1771, noun of action from invalidate (v.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Invalidation \In*val`i*da"tion\, n. The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated. So many invalidations of their right. --Burke.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) [syn: annulment ]
Usage examples of invalidation.
State to procure a retroactive invalidation of a divorce decree, and then punish one of its citizens for conduct authorized by that decree, when it had never been challenged by either of the people most immediately interested in it.
Insofar as judicial intervention resulting in the invalidation of legislatively imposed rates has involved carriers, it should be noted that the successful complainant invariably has been the carrier, not the shipper.
Life's forms and shapes seem droll, until they feel like snares or curses, invalidations, inhuman handicaps.