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Countermand

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A change or revocation of orders, authority or Instructions previously Issued. It may be either express or implied; the former where the order or Instruction already given is explicitly annulled or recalled; the latter where the party's conduct ls incompatible with the further continuance of the order or instruction, as where a new order Is given inconslstent with the former order.