Obsolete
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Disused; neglected; not observed. The term is applied to statutes which have become inoperative by lapse of time, either because the reason for their enactment has passed away, or their subjectmutter no longer exists, or they are not applicable to changed circumstances, or are tacitly disregarded by all men, yet without being expressly abrogated or repealed.