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Repeal

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004232

The act of revoking or withdrawing a law, statute, or regulation, rendering it no longer valid or enforceable. This legislative action can be explicit, where a new law directly states the old law is abolished, or implicit, where a new law conflicts with and supersedes an older one. A repealed law ceases to have legal effect from the date of its repeal.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004232
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004232",
  "term": "Repeal",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of revoking or withdrawing a law, statute, or regulation, rendering it no longer valid or enforceable. This legislative action can be explicit, where a new law directly states the old law is abolished, or implicit, where a new law conflicts with and supersedes an older one. A repealed law ceases to have legal effect from the date of its repeal.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/repeal/"
}

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