Word: voiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attorneys for the petitioner will argue that the order of the Commissioner was void and the commitment and detention of the petitioner was unlawful for several reasons...
...word annulment, both on the card and in the editorial, is misleading. It is well known that the Church on sufficient evidence may declare a marriage null and void from the beginning and therefore no marriage at all. Intelligent readers will so understand the card; but it will as surely mislead and deceive the unintelligent. JOHN J. BURKE, C. S. P. The Living Church's rebuttal: . . . We had hoped that such Roman Catholics, particularly of the American press, as were disgusted . . . would be emphatic in their condemnation, especially if the man has no official position in his Church...
...ballots to be considered must be signed by the votes and should be marked in pencil. In case of an error in marking a ballot, only that part of the ballot will be void in which the error has been made...
...Taffari at the League of Nations, of which Abyssinia is a member. Moreover, the Anglo-Abyssinian treaty has been called unilateral (benefiting only Britain) and therefore not valid, according to the League. If this is so, Ras Taffari would merely have to denounce it to make it null and void and Britain could prevent the building of the dam only by force of arms...
...Bailey, was terminated by Judge John C. Knox of the U. S. District Court of New York. On the ground that Mr. Barnett was and is incompetent to handle his fortune, Judge Knox ruled that the gifts to Mr. Barnett's wife and to the Baptists were null & void, that his fortune must be turned over to the Secretary of the Interior for management. Said Judge Knox: "He [Mr. Barnett] is a harmless, kindly, mentally undeveloped man, who was extremely bored at the court proceedings and had no comprehension of their significance. . . . He has been the shuttlecock in a game...