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ABROGATION (Lat. abrogare, to repeal or annul a law; rogare, literally " to ask," to propose a law)

ABROGATION (See also:
LAT
Lat. abrogare, to See also:
REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)
repeal or annul a See also:
LAW
LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)
law; rogare, literally " to ask," to propose a law) , the annulling or repealing of a law by legislative See also:

ACTION

action. Abrogation, which is the See also:

TOTAL

total annulling of a law, is to be distinguished from the See also:

TERM

term derogation, which is used where a law is only partially abrogated. Abrogation may be either See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express or implied. It is express either when the new law pronounces the annulment in See also:

general terms, as when in a concluding See also:

section it announces that all See also:

LAWS

laws contrary to the provisions of the new one are repealed, or when in particular terms it announces specifically the preceding laws which it repeals. It is implied when the new law contains provisions which are positively contrary to the former laws without expressly abrogating those laws, or when the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of things for which the law had provided has changed and consequently the need for the law no longer exists. The abrogation of any See also:

STATUTE

statute revives the provisions of the See also:

COMMON

common law which had been abrogated by that statute. See STATUTE; REPEAL.

End of Article: ABROGATION (Lat. abrogare, to repeal or annul a law; rogare, literally " to ask," to propose a law)

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