abrogate
31abrogate — /aebrageyt/ To annul, cancel, revoke, repeal, or destroy. To annul or repeal an order or rule issued by a subordinate authority; to repeal a former law by legislative act, or by usage …
32abrogate — To repeal; to make void; to annul …
33abrogate — v.tr. repeal, annul, abolish (a law or custom). Derivatives: abrogation n. abrogator n. Etymology: L abrogare (as AB , rogare propose a law) …
34Abrogated — Abrogate Ab ro*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See {Rogation}.] 1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the… …
35Abrogating — Abrogate Ab ro*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See {Rogation}.] 1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the… …
36arrogate — abrogate, arrogate Abrogate means ‘to repel, annul, or cancel’ and is used with reference to laws, rules, treaties, and other formal agreements • (The Cabinet clung stubbornly to the belief that the mere signing of the agreement itself abrogated… …
37abrogation — abrogate ► VERB formal ▪ repeal or do away with (a law or agreement). DERIVATIVES abrogation noun abrogator noun. ORIGIN Latin abrogare repeal …
38abrogator — abrogate ► VERB formal ▪ repeal or do away with (a law or agreement). DERIVATIVES abrogation noun abrogator noun. ORIGIN Latin abrogare repeal …
39Seminole Tribe v. Florida — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ArgueDate=October 11 ArgueYear=1995 DecideDate=March 27 DecideYear=1996 FullName=Seminole Tribe of Florida, Petitioner v. State of Florida, et al. USVol=517 USPage=44 Citation=116 S. Ct.… …
40Abrogation doctrine — The Abrogation doctrine is a constitutional law doctrine expounding when and how the Congress may waive a state s sovereign immunity and subject it to lawsuits to which the state has not consented (i.e., to abrogate their immunity to such… …
