Sentences with phrase «void as a matter of law»

Except for marriages that are void as a matter of law, the grounds -LSB-...]

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Moreover, as the relevant BIT remains in force, and as the contracting states have not taken any other relevant action either, the tribunal can not work from the premise that Achmea renders the BIT void or inapplicable as a matter of international law.

A void marriage / domestic partnership is invalid as a matter of law from its inception.

However, the third paragraph of recital 12 complicates matters as it provides that where a member state court exercising jurisdiction under the Brussels I (recast) or national law has determined that an arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed, the court's judgment on the substance of the matter can be recognised or enforced in accordance with Brussels I (recast)(although this is expressed as without prejudice to the competence of member state courts to decide on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in accorded with the New York Convention which «takes precedence over» Brussels I (recast)-RRB-.

There are basically two kinds of transactions covered, those with an intent to defraud creditor which can be void even if you are solvent at the time, and those that are fraudulent as a matter of law without regard to intent because they transfer property for less than reasonably equivalent value at a time when someone is, or imminently will be, insolvent.