Nullity
Nullity (nul"li*ty) , noun
[Late Latin nullitias, from Latin nullus none: compare French nullité. See Null.]
1.
The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
2.
(Law) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.
3.
That which is null.
Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity?