Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
carecía de validez
English translation:
was (deemed) invalid
Spanish term
Argentina
Casi termino la carrera de Traductor
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
Works in: Spanish to English
carecía de validez
GRACIAS
| 4 +5 | was (deemed) invalid |
Seth Phillips
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| 4 | has been invalid / ceased to be effective |
Robert Carter
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| 4 | lacked validity |
Jennifer Levey
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| 3 | lacked validity |
Ana Vozone
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Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Adrian MM. (X)
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Proposed translations
United States
M.S. Leg/Fin Translator - 12 yrs - MemoQ
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 2 more.
was (deemed) invalid
Example under Pasaporte (Javier Becerra):
Todo pasaporte mutilado o alterado carecerá de validez (...) > Any passport which has been mutilated or altered shall be deemed invalid (...)
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Note added at 23 mins (2016-01-26 23:08:07 GMT)
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or "became invalid"
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philgoddard
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AllegroTrans
1 hr
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neilmac
12 hrs
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José J. Martínez
: right on dude...
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Ventnai
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Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English
has been invalid / ceased to be effective
...ceased to be effective a long time ago
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
lacked validity
The court claimed the assignment lacked validity under New York trust law, apparently
The 40-page decision, written by Judge Robert F. Brachtenbach, said that the contracts lacked validity because an elaborate financing
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
lacked validity
IOW, there's a "spectrum" of validity involved here - from "totally valid" to "totally invalid". The current state of play is that there is a "lack of validity" - it's at an intermediate point in that spectrum - but not (yet) "totally invalid".
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Note added at 12 hrs (2016-01-27 11:29:03 GMT)
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Re Asker's question below, and Robert's comment: My reading is that there have been a succession of breaches - possibly minor ones, and possibly problems of 'fuerza mayor' - that have occured since the contract was signed, and the situacion was getting progessively worse until at some point (undetermined) the contract could no longer be considered "totally valid", but had not (yet) been declared "invalid".
In that situation, the contract "lacked validity" but is still "totally valid", because neither party has yet attempted to cancel it.
A contract is not invalidated as a result of a breach if the aggrieved party doesn't complain.
| So in fact the original contract ceased to be effective a long time ago due to breaches is not correct you say? in fact the original contract lacked validity a long time ago...... |
| Im trying to understand! thank you |
| Thank you for your explanation!!! |
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Robert Carter
: Are you saying that it might be "a little bit valid" then?
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Discussion
Or somewhere along those lines. Definitely past tense.
I dont know if I have to use is or was, and long ago now.... :/