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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To abrogate, nullify, or abolish; to make void. It is not a technical word and there is nothing which prevents the idea from being expressed in equivalent words; Woodson v. Skinner, 22 Mo. 24. ANNULUS ET BACULUS (Lat. ring and staff). The investiture of a bishop was per annulum et oaculum by the prince's delivering to the prelate a ring and pastoral staff, or crozier.
1 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 378.