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Desuetude

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Disuse.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Disuse.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Disuse; cessation or discontinuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Disuse; cessation or discontinuance of use.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Disuse; cessation or dis- ‘continuance of use. Applied to obsolete E statutes.