Érvénytelen

Érvénytelen is a Hungarian adjective meaning not valid or not legally enforceable. It describes acts, documents, contracts, or arguments that do not possess validity in a given legal, formal, or logical context. The term is widely used in law to label acts that are void from the outset, as well as in other domains where form or substance fails to meet required standards.

In legal usage, ér vénytelenség? The phrase describes legal acts or instruments that cannot produce legal effects. Common grounds include lack of valid consent, illegality, coercion or fraud, misrepresentation, or violations of mandatory rules. A contract or document described as érvénytelen is typically considered unenforceable and may be susceptible to annulment or rectification under the relevant statutory framework. It is important to note that érvénytelen acts are distinct from acts that are simply not in force due to time limits or procedural issues; those may be described as hatálytalan or not in effect, whereas érvénytelen emphasizes lack of validity.

In logic or rhetoric, érvelés (argument) can be érvénytelen if its form is invalid and the conclusion does not follow necessarily from the premises, regardless of the truth of those premises. The opposite term is érvényes, meaning valid or sound, while érvénytelenség denotes the state or quality of being invalid.

Etymology: the word derives from érvény (validity, effect) plus the suffix -telenség (absence), yielding érvénytelenség as the noun form for invalidity. Related terms include érvényes (valid or in force) and hatályos or hatálytalan (in force or not in force).