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"Repeal" in a Sentence (16 examples)
The Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
I think they should repeal that law.
We request that they repeal this law.
Darius had known England before and after the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the difference between the two Englands was so strikingly dramatic to him that he desired no further change.
Amnesty International said the drop in executions was driven by growing aversion to the death penalty around the world, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa where 20 countries have abolished the practice and others are taking steps to repeal it.
California’s state Board of Equalization estimated the tampon tax repeal would have cost $20 million in 2016.
We demand the repeal of this law.
to repeal a law
[…] I here divorce myself Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed, Until that act of parliament be repeal’d Whereby my son is disinherited.
1776, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, p. 8, As manners make laws, manners likewise repeal them.
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It requires but a very small glance of thought to perceive, that altho’ laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations, yet that they continue to derive their force from the consent of the living. A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non-repealing passes for consent.
Labour says it will repeal the legislation if it wins the next General Election.
There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald, Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.
The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived […]
Whence Adam soon repeal’d The doubts that in his heart arose.
Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.
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