Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of abrogating.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

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  • noun the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

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Examples

  • (BTW, how can Scalia be a “textualist” when he joins the decisions requiring a demonstrated legislative record — i.e., materials outside the text of the law — of state evil before abrogation is proper?)

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Supreme Court Conservative?: 2005

  • Bush's doctrine of the "unitary executive," a two-word abrogation of the Constitution, dispenses with those precautions.

    Marty Kaplan: Torture Is Magic 2008

  • The problem, though, is that the violent verses take precedence due to something called abrogation.

    The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008

  • And despite of North Korea's repeated kind of abrogation of its commitments, China has again and again appealed for calm and reason to prevail.

    CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009 2009

  • On Monday, April 20, members of United Nations Security Council called the abrogation of Fiji’s constitution and the firing of its judiciary a “step backwards” and declared the country should hold elections as soon as possible.

    Global Voices in English » Fiji: Diplomatic maneuverings 2009

  • While his view of religious history might leave something to be desired, Jasser's courage is never in doubt-as, for example when he takes on the established Sunni doctrine of naskh, or "abrogation," which holds that the later-revealed suras or "chapters" of the Qur'an trump earlier, more pacific ones.

    History News Network 2010

  • While his view of religious history might leave something to be desired, Jasser's courage is never in doubt-as, for example when he takes on the established Sunni doctrine of naskh, or "abrogation," which holds that the later-revealed suras or "chapters" of the Qur'an trump earlier, more pacific ones.

    History News Network 2010

  • Kevin Rudd's office called it an "abrogation" of the constitution while Fiji's other big brother

    Woolly Days 2009

  • It was the genius of those early scholars to be able to reconcile the apparent contradictions in the Quran and Sunnah by resorting to "abrogation," where certain verses of the Quran "override" earlier ones.

    Lim Kit Siang 2008

  • It was the genius of those early scholars to be able to reconcile the apparent contradictions in the Quran and Sunnah by resorting to "abrogation," where certain verses of the Quran "override" earlier ones.

    Lim Kit Siang 2008

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