Void and Span

noun

• The state of nonexistence.
  • synonyms: nothingness, nullity, nihility
• An empty area or space.
  • usage: "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
  • synonyms: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

verb

• Declare invalid.
  • usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
• Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle. of something)
  • usage: "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
• Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
  • usage: "invalidate a contract"
  • synonyms: invalidate, vitiate
• Excrete or discharge from the body.
  • synonyms: evacuate, empty

adjective

• Lacking any legal or binding force.
  • usage: "null and void"
  • synonyms: null
• Containing nothing.
  • usage: "the earth was without form, and void"

• (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
• (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
• (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
• (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning or of common use.
• (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.
• (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
• (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
• (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
• (v.i.) To be emitted or evacuated.
• (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
• (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Having no legal force or binding effect; a nullity; not enforceable. A' void' agreement is no contract at all. A void contract need not be disaffirmed, nor can it be ratified. A contract for an illegal purpose (for example, gambling) is void. A voidable contract is one that is able to be voided. Voidable implies a valid act that may be rejected by an act of disaffirmance, rather than an invalid act that may be confirmed. For example, if a minor contracts to buy a diamond ring, the contract can be voided by the minor because of lack of sufficient age. If, however, the minor elects to enforce the contract, the contract is valid and the other party cannot assert the minor's lack of age as a defense.

noun

• The complete duration of something.
  • usage: "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
• The distance or interval between two points.
• Two items of the same kind.
  • synonyms: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
• A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches. )
• A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc..
  • synonyms: bridge
• The act of sitting or standing astride.
  • synonyms: straddle

verb

• To cover or extend over an area or time period.
  • usage: "Rivers traverse the valley floor, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
  • synonyms: cross, traverse, sweep

• (v.t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
• (v.t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge or the like, between its supports.
• (v.t.) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
• (v.t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
• (v.t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
• (v.t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
• imp. & p. p. of Spin.
• (v.t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
• (v.t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
• (v.i.) To be matched, as horses.
• (imp.) of Spin.

To cover all contingencies within a specified range.