ANNULMENT

annulment ([schwa]-n[schwa]l-m[schwa]nt), n. 1. The act of nullifying or making void; VOIDANCE. 2. A judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that a marriage is void. • An annulment establishes that the marital status never existed. So annulment and dissolution of marriage (or divorce) are fundamentally different: an annulment renders a marriage void from the beginning, while dissolution […]