Nullity differs from voidability in that an act can be declared null and void by the court ex officio...

The agent of justice, if the marriage is declared invalid and restoration of the marriage is neither possible nor beneficial.

The second general principle does not refer explicitly to the intention of the parties and propounds a general principle of termination (caducité).

Rousseau formulates the general principle (le principe de caducité) and then presents a series of significant exceptions to the general principle.

In the first place, the main proposition (of caducité) appears to be based upon an extralegal premise concerning the nature of war.

Because the Constitution is the supreme law of the State, other inferior laws should not and cannot contradict it without running the risk of being declared null and void.

The results showed that juries given explicit nullification instructions were more likely to vote guilty in a drunk driving case, but less likely to do so in a euthanasia case.

In all cases, the husband is required to provide maintenance for a wife who resides with him or who is separated from him for any reason through no fault of her own, as well as during annulment, desertion or dissolution proceedings. She is under no obligation to make any refund should it be established that she is at fault.