be null and void
To be no longer valid, legitimate, or enforceable. This contract will be null and void immediately should either party fail to fulfill their obligations. He argued that the court's ruling is null and void because his civil liberties were violated before and during the trial. The employment contract is null and void due to the employee's continued appropriation of company equipment for personal gain.
fill a/the void
To replace someone or something that is absent or missing. No, we got that project done—Rebecca filled the void while you were on vacation. If Mike doesn't play sports this year, what will fill the void besides his trouble-making friends? Who will fill the void if our keynote speaker can't make it?
null and void
No longer valid, legitimate, or enforceable. This contract shall be rendered null and void immediately should either party fail to fulfill their obligations.
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null and void
Cliché without legal force; having no legal effect. The court declared the law to be null and void. The millionaire's will was null and void because it was unsigned.
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null and void
Canceled, invalid, as in The lease is now null and void. This phrase is actually redundant, since null means "void," that is, "ineffective." It was first recorded in 1669.
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ˌnull and ˈvoid
(formal) (of a legal agreement) no longer effective or valid: The contract was declared null and void.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017