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quash (1)

quash [ kwosh ] (past and past participle quashed, present participle quash·ing, 3rd person present singular quash·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
declare null and void: to declare formally, especially in a court of law, that something such as an indictment or a subpoena is not valid

[13th century. Via French< Latin cassare< cassus "empty, void"]
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