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Express Abrogation

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A direct repeal in terms by a subsequent law referring to that which is abrogated.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A direct re-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Abrogation by express provision or enactment; the repeal of a law or provision by a subsequent one, referring directly to it.
—-Express assumpsit. An undertaking to do some act, or to pay a sum of money to another, manifested by express terms.

Defined under Express in Black's Law Dictionary.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Abrogation by express provision or enactment; the repeal of a law or provision, by a subsequent one, referring directly to it.