"Abrogate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
To’ annul, repeal, or de-stroy; to annul or repeal an order or rule 1S-srued by a subordinate authority; to repeal a former law by legislative act, or by usage
To put an end to; to do away with.
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the
authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the
repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
Abrogated; abolished.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
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One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"
The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.
Read the complete definitionOne who repeals by authority.
Read the complete definitionIn old French law. The droit d'aubaine in France, wheheby the king, at an alien’s death, was entitled to all …
Read the complete definitionThe statute 6 Geo. I. c. 18, “for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices herein mentioned," was so called. It …
Read the complete definitionIn Engllsh law. The statute 13 Car. II. SL 2, c. 1; by whlch it was provided that no person …
Read the complete definitionTo annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.
Read the complete definitionThe act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
Read the complete definitionThe partial repeal or abolishing of a law, as by a subsequent act which limits its scope or impairs lts …
Read the complete definitionTo disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of.
Read the complete definitionThe statute 10 Geo. III. c. 16, by which the jurisdiction over par-11a men tary election petitions was transferred from …
Read the complete definitionofficial. Partly official or authorized. Having color of officiaf right.—official aot. one done by an oflicer in nis official capacity …
Read the complete definitionMutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the oth-er, so that both cannot stand, but the accept-ance or establishment …
Read the complete definitionNot repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.
Read the complete definitionIncapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
Read the complete definitionA member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of …
Read the complete definitionThe body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
Read the complete definitionTo annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.
Read the complete definitionThe assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords …
Read the complete definitionThe statute 34 A 35 Vict, c 112, passed for the purpose of securing a better supervision over habitual criminals. …
Read the complete definitionThat part of a statute commencing with the words “Be lt enacted,” and continuing as far as the repealing clause; …
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