declare sth invalid
Frequency: 7.03.8 per million words
to make an official statement that something is invalid
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Examples (10)
- The contract was declared invalid.
- The court has the power to declare certain laws invalid.
- Due to a technicality, they had to declare the earlier results invalid.
- The committee will declare any improperly cast votes invalid.
- He tried to declare the will invalid, but failed.
- If the signature is missing, the document could be declared invalid.
- The electoral commission declared many ballots invalid.
- The system automatically declares credentials invalid after three failed attempts.
- An administrative error caused the entire application to be declared invalid.
- The arbitrator had to declare the clause invalid as it violated fair trade practices.