Repeal

  • 21repeal — verb (T) if a government repeals a law it officially ends that law: It s high time this grossly unfair law was repealed. repeal noun (U) …

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  • 22repeal — 1. verb the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed in 1933 Syn: revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, declare null and void, quash, abolish; Law vacate; formal abrogate; archaic recall Ant: enact 2. noun the repeal of the law Syn …

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  • 23repeal — 1. verb the Act was repealed Syn: cancel, abolish, reverse, rescind, revoke, annul, quash Ant: enact 2. noun the repeal of the law Syn: cancellation, abolition, reversal …

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  • 24repeal — [rɪˈpiːl] verb [T] legal to officially end a law repeal noun [U] …

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  • 25repeal — /rəˈpil / (say ruh peel) verb (t) 1. to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. 2. to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate. –noun 3. the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation …

  • 26Repeal Association — (engl., spr rĭīpil ässoßjēsch n, »Verein für Widerruf«), die Verbindung, die O Connell (s. d.) 1832 in Dublin zum Zweck der Auflösung der Union Irlands mit Großbritannien stiftete, und die also im wesentlichen dasselbe erstrebte wie die jetzigen… …

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  • 27Repeal of Prohibition — The Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933. Contents 1 Background 2 Impact of prohibition 3 Organized opposition …

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  • 28Repeal organizations — As increasing numbers of people became disillusioned with the negative effects of national prohibition in the United States, a variety of repeal organizations emerged. Although some drew their membership from different groups (men, women, lawyers …

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  • 29Repeal Association — The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.The Association s aim was to revert Ireland to the… …

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  • 30Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782 — The Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782 (22. Geo. III, c. 53) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1782. As suggested by the title, it served to repeal the entirety of the Dependency of… …

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