Void
Having no legal force or effect; null. A void contract is one that was never valid from the beginning.
Encyclopedia entry: Void
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void
Void means having no legal effect from the start. Thus, a void contract is invalid from the start of its purported closing. Note: having no legal effect, it does not change the legal relationship between the parties involved.
See: Voidable (compare), and void for vagueness
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