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Nugatory means �of no force or effect; useless; invalid,� as noted by the Supreme Court of Michigan, citing Black�s Law Dictionary, in their 2007 Apsey v. Memorial Hosp. holding.� The court provided the following example: �A statute is rendered nugatory when an interpretation fails to give it meaning or effect.�

A contract may be considered nugatory when the terms are worthless, particularly for one party. For example, after describing an interpretation of a contract that would allow one party could refuse to pay for a service without suffering any detriment, the Supreme Court of Michigan, in McTee Co. v. Brown Funeral Home, stated that it would not entertain the argument that �the parties intended to enter into any such one-sided and nugatory contract.�