Derogare
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I. In the civil and old English law. To derogate or diminish; to take from or impair the authority, validity or effect of a law or contract; to repeal a clause of a law. Derogatnr legi cum pars detrahitur: a law is derogated from, when a part of it is taken away. v. Rogare; Abrogare.