Declaration of nullity
DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF A MARRIAGE BY AN ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNAL
Declaration of Nullity; Annulment (Catholic Church)
In the Catholic Church, a declaration of nullity, commonly called an annulment and less commonly a decree of nullity,Annulment/Decree of Nullity, EWTN.com, accessed 9/11/2015 and by its detractors, a "Catholic divorce", is an ecclesiastical tribunal determination and judgment that a marriage was invalidly contracted or, less frequently, a judgment that ordination was invalidly conferred.