Mitätöity

Mitätöity is a Finnish adjective meaning invalidated or annulled. It derives from the verb mitätöidä (to invalidate). The term is used to describe acts, decisions, contracts, or documents that have lost their legal force because a competent authority has declared them void or null. The scope can include court judgments, administrative decisions, licenses, or contractual agreements.

In legal and administrative texts, a mitätöity decision or document is treated as if it had never created binding rights or obligations, though the exact consequences depend on the applicable law and the nature of the act. The act of removing legal effect is mitätöinti (invalidating), and the result is mitätöity.

Common contexts include contracts entered into under defective procedures or illegal terms, licenses or permits issued in error, and court or government decisions that have been overturned on appeal or by higher authority. In some situations, only parts of an act may be mitätöity while other parts remain valid, depending on surviving provisions.

Etymology: from mitätöidä, with mitätöity as past participle. Related terms include mitätöinti (invalidating) and mitätöidä (to invalidate). In English, mitätöity is typically translated as 'invalidated' or 'annulled'.