text: dissolve (bring to an end with the sense of breaking up) A marriage is dissolved by the natural death of either spouse, by the court, by a divorce decree (distinguish from annul - see above) A partnership may be dissolved by any partner, by the court, by operation of law A company may be dissolved by the court, is dissolved automatically on the expiry of the term for which it was established To dissolve a legal writ or process, e.g. an attachment or injunction To dissolve Parliament extinguish (bring to an end) An obligation, debt, right, liability can be extinguished (syn. discharged) in various ways The destruction of the painting extinguished the legacy A right may be extinguished by act of the parties, by operation of law - 1L72 - invalidate (render void) He invalidated the will by deleting the witnesses' signatures To invalidate a transfer, election His marriage invalidated the will The fraud invalidated the insurance policy The restriction may not be invoked as invalidating the consent make To make and unmake a contract, treaty nullify (render void; synonymous with invalidate) ... nullified the effect of his actions ,.. nullified the consent expressed by ... overrule (render void with the sense of deciding differently; do not use in the sense of override e.g. the individually agreed stipulations override (not overrule) the printed conditions) The judge overruled, i.e. dismissed, the objection The U.S. Supreme Court and the House of Lords have power to overrule their own decisions (here overrule refers to the fact that the law is stated differently, rather than to the actual reversal of a specific decision) quash (render void; confined to the judicial sphere and often to appeals, and synonymous with annul. ggt aside) The trial judge may quâfib all or part of the indictment if it has been preferred wrongly 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing legal and juridical concepts related to the dissolution, extinguishment, invalidation, and nullification of various legal entities, obligations, and contracts. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a specialized context.