nullification

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the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

nullification

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is a type of (narrower)

a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states

the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

nullification, override

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