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Repeal

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

Black's Law Dictionary

The abrogation or annulling of a previously existing law by the enactment of a subsequent statute which declares that the former law shall be revoked and abrogated, (which is called "express" repeal,) or which contains provisions so contrary to or irreconcilable with those of the earlier law that only one of the two statutes can stand in force, (called "implied" repeal.) See Oakland Pav. Co. v. Hilton, 69 Cal. 479, 11 Pac. 3; Mernaugh v. Orlando, 41 Fla. 433, 27 South. 34; Hunter v. Memphis, 93 Tenn. 571, 26 S. W. 828.