In contemplation of law, it is non-existent.
Such judgment or order may be resisted in any action or proceeding whenever it
is involved. It is not even necessary to take any steps to vacate or avoid a
void judgment or final order; it may simply be ignored. Accordingly, a void
judgment is no judgment at all. It cannot be the source of any right nor of any
obligation. All acts performed pursuant to it and all claims emanating from it
have no legal effect. Hence, it can never become final, and any writ of execution
based on it is void: “x x x it may be said to be a lawless thing which can be
treated as an outlaw and slain at sight, or ignored wherever and whenever it
exhibits its head.”
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