void

adj.

1. Containing no matter; empty.
2. Not occupied; unfilled.
3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See synonyms at empty.
4. Ineffective; useless.
5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.
6. Games. Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.

n.

1. 1. An empty space.
   2. A vacuum.
2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.
3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.
4. Games. Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.

v., void·ed, void·ing, voids.

v.tr.

1. To take out (the contents of something); empty.
2. To excrete (body wastes).
3. To leave; vacate.
4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.

v.intr.

To excrete body wastes.

[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty.]

voider void'er n.

Deprived of legal force or effect, as a Contract.

Empty; having no legal force; incapable of being ratified.

Having no legal force or effect; unenforceable. See Null and Void.
Example: In a Listing contract with a Broker Smith stipulates that the property be sold only to a person of a certain race. Since the stipulation is contrary to antidiscrimination laws, it is void and thereby unenforceable.

adjective

1. Containing nothing: bare, blank, clear, empty, vacant, vacuous. See full/empty/capacity.
2. Not having a desirable element: barren, destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, wanting. Idioms: in want of. See full/empty/capacity.

noun

1. Empty, unfilled space: barrenness, emptiness, nothingness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum. See full/empty/capacity.
2. A space in an otherwise solid mass: cavity, hole, hollow, pocket, vacuity. See convex/concave.
3. Total absence of matter: emptiness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum. See full/empty/capacity.
4. An interval during which continuity is suspended: break, gap, hiatus, interim, lacuna. See continue/stop/pause.
5. A desolate sense of loss: blankness, desolation, emptiness, hollowness, vacuum. See full/empty/capacity.

verb

1. To remove the contents of: clean out, clear, empty (out), evacuate, vacate. See full/empty/capacity.
2. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate. Law extinguish. See continue/stop/pause.

adj

Definition: empty
Antonyms: filled, full, occupied

adj

Definition: nullified, meaningless
Antonyms: full, meaningful, valid

n

Definition: emptiness, want
Antonyms: fullness

v

Definition: get rid of; empty
Antonyms: keep

v

Definition: nullify, cancel
Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction, validate

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n

1. empty or unfilled space. n 2. space not filled with anything solid. adj 3. ineffectual; having no legal, binding effect.

The notion of empty space (like that of eventless time) proved repugnant to Parmenides and the Stoics, and much later, but for similar reasons, to Descartes. One reason for disliking the idea may be based on confusion about the allegedly paradoxical existence of nothing (for nothing is precisely what there is in empty space), others find it contrary to the plenitude of God that he should allow there to be nothing where he could have put something. Other problems arise from trying to conceive of the passage of force and information through a vacuum. In modern quantum mechanics, space is not empty, but seething with latent or virtual particles, ready to spring into being if various physical events occur. See also action at a distance, field.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

That which is null and completely without legal force or binding effect.

The term void has a precise meaning that has sometimes been confused with the more liberal term voidable. Something that is voidable may be avoided or declared void by one or more of the parties, but such an agreement is not void per se.

A void contract is not a contract at all because the parties are not, and cannot be, bound by its terms. Therefore, no action can be maintained for breach of a void contract, and it cannot be made valid by ratification. Because it is nugatory, a void contract need not be rescinded or otherwise declared invalid in a court of law.

A void marriage is one that is invalid from its inception. In contrast to a voidable marriage, the parties to a void marriage may not ratify the union by living together as husband and wife. No divorce or annulment is required. Nevertheless, parties frequently do seek, and are permitted to seek, such a decree in order to remove any doubt about the validity of the marriage. Unlike a voidable marriage, a void marriage can be challenged even after the death of one or both parties.

In most jurisdictions a bigamous marriage, one involving a person who has a living spouse from an undissolved prior marriage, is void from the outset. In addition, statutes typically prohibit marriage between an ancestor and descendant; between a brother and a sister (whether related by whole blood, half blood, or adoption); and between an uncle and niece or aunt and nephew.

A judgment entered by a court is void if a court lacks jurisdiction over the parties or subject matter of a lawsuit. A void judgment may be entirely disregarded without a judicial declaration that the judgment is void and differs from an erroneous, irregular, or voidable judgment. In practice, however, an attack on a void judgment is commonly used to make the judgment's flaw a matter of public record.

A law is considered void on its face if its meaning is so vague that persons of ordinary intelligence must guess at its meaning and may differ as to the statute's application (Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 46 S. Ct. 126, 70 L. Ed. 2d 322 [1926]). Due process requires that citizens receive fair notice of what sort of conduct to avoid. For example, a Cincinnati, Ohio, city ordinance made it a criminal offense for three or more persons to assemble on a sidewalk and conduct themselves in a manner that was annoying to passersby. A conviction carried the possibility of a $50 fine and between one and thirty days imprisonment. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the convictions of several persons found guilty of violating the ordinance after a demonstration and picketing (Coates v. Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 91 S. Ct. 1686, 29 L. Ed. 2d 214 [1971]). The Court ruled that the ordinance was unconstitutionally vague because it subjected citizens to an unascertainable standard. Stating that "conduct that annoys some people does not annoy others," the Court said that the ordinance left citizens to guess at the proper conduct required. The Court noted that the city could lawfully prohibit persons from blocking the sidewalks, littering, obstructing traffic, committing assaults, or engaging in other types of undesirable behavior through "ordinances directed with reasonable specificity toward the conduct to be prohibited."

See: bigamy; void for vagueness doctrine.

To cast out as waste matter, especially the urine.

IN BRIEF: Empty. Also: A feeling of loss.

The artist and the scientist bring out of the dark void, like the mysterious universe itself, the unique, the strange, the unexpected. — Loren Eiseley (1907-1977).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tom, renonce; i kortspil, ugyldig, ledig
n. - tomrum, savn
v. tr. - tømme, annullere, gøre ugyldig
v. intr. - udskille kroppens affaldsstoffer

Nederlands (Dutch)
nietig, ongeldig, leeg, zinloos, zonder, zonder leden/voorbeelden, zonder speelkaarten in de juiste kleur, nietig verklaren, leeg maken, ontlasten/uitstoten, plassen/poepen etc., leemte, leegte, opening, gebrek aan

Français (French)
adj. - (Jur) nul, annulé (chèque), vide, dépourvu de
n. - (lit, fig) vide
v. tr. - (Jur) annuler, vider (qch), éliminer (les toxines), quitter
v. intr. - éliminer (les toxines)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - leer, ungültig
n. - Leere
v. - entleeren, ungültig machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άδειος, κενός, (νομ.) στερούμενος νομικής ισχύος, άκυρος
n. - κενό, κενός χώρος, (αβυσσαλέο) χάσμα, (μτφ.) αίσθημα κενότητας, οδυνηρό κενό
v. - ακυρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
annullare, vuoto, nullo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vazio, desocupado, inválido
n. - vazio (m), vácuo (m)
v. - esvaziar, anular

Русский (Russian)
пустота, свободное помещение, незанятый, бесполезный, недействительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vacío, vacante, nulo, inválido, falto, vano
n. - vacío, fallo, vacante
v. tr. - anular, invalidar, evacuar, vaciar
v. intr. - defecar u orinar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ogiltig, ledig, tom
n. - tomhet
v. - tömma, utsöndra, ogiltigförklara

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
空的, 空闲的, 无人的, 空虚, 真空, 空间, 使无效, 把...作废, 放出, 出清, 离开, 通便, 排泄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 空的, 空閒的, 無人的
n. - 空虛, 真空, 空間
v. tr. - 使無效, 把...作廢, 放出, 出清, 離開
v. intr. - 通便, 排泄

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무익한, 공허한, 결여된
n. - 공간, 빈틈, 공석
v. tr. - 취소하다, ~을 비우다
v. intr. - 오줌 누다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ない, からっぽの, 空虚な, 無効の, 空の, 欠けた
n. - 空間, 宇宙空間, すき間, 空虚感
v. - 無効にする, からにする, 排泄する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فارغ, خال, خاو (الاسم) فراغ, خلاء, خواء (فعل) الغى, تبرز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ריק, בטל, חסר-תוקף (חוקי), פנוי, חלל‬
n. - ‮חלל, חלל חיצון‬
v. tr. - ‮ביטל, ביטל תוקף, רוקן‬
v. intr. - ‮השתין, החריא‬

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