Zero
A Nullum (from the Latin nullus , "no") is old German academics for something vanity .
A legal nullum is a fact or an act that does not exist legally or no longer exists and therefore has no legal effect. This can be the case, for example, if the period for a claim that has already lapsed is subsequently extended.
In the German Civil Code , silence is basically a legal nullum , so there is no approval of an offer by mere silence or inaction (exceptions are the cases of so-called standardized silence , e.g. § 108 Paragraph 2 Sentence 2, § 177 Paragraph. 2 sentence 2 BGB).
In commercial law , this principle that silence is a zero is restricted several times due to the stronger emphasis on traffic protection among merchants, for example in the case of silence on a commercial letter of confirmation or in the scope of § 362 HGB.
