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Repeal

Repeal, a revocation or abrogation. Repeal of one act of Parliament by another is either express or implied, the rule being that a later Act repeals a former one if contradictory thereto, Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant. By s. 11 of the Inter-pretation Act, 1889, re-enacting s. 5 of Lord Brougham's Act (13 Vict. c. 21), where an Act passed after 1850 repeals a repealing enactment, it does not revive any enactment previously repealed. And by s. 38 of the same Act, where any Act passed after January 1st, 1890, repeals and re-enacts any provisions of a former Act, references in any other Act to the provisions so repealed are to be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted, as had been already specially provided in the consolidating Public Health Act, 1875, by s. 313, and Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, by s. 102, and see R. v. Minister of Health, Ex p. Villiers, (1936) 2 KB 29.Abrogation of an existing law by legislative act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p...


Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act

Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879, 1881, and 1883 (English) (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59, 44 & 45 Vict. c. 59, and 46 & 47 Vict. c. 49), repealed by Judicature Act, 1925, repealing amongst other enactments those which had been superseded by the Rules of the Supreme Court under the Judicature Acts; the Act of 1883 in particular repealing all but very small portions of the Common Law and Chancery Procedure Acts in view of the issue of the Consolidated 'Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883.'...


Repealer

One who repeals one who seeks a repeal specifically an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland...


repeal

repeal [Anglo-French repeler, from Old French, from re- back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name] : to rescind or annul by authoritative act ;esp : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment [legislatures ing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision] repeal n ...


repealer

repealer : a legislative act or clause in an act that repeals an earlier act ...


repealing clause

repealing clause : a clause in a statute repealing a previous enactment ...


Repealability

The quality or state of being repealable...


Repealable

Capable of being repealed...


Paper Duty Repeal

Paper Duty Repeal. This was affected by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 20....


Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)

Interpretation Act, 1889 (English) (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63). A most important statute, repealing and re-enacting Lord Brougham's Act of 1850 (13 Vict. c. 21), 'for shortening the language used in Acts of Parliament' and other similar Acts, and further shortening such language. By this Act, in Acts passed after 1850, words importing the masculine gender include females, words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; also, definitions are provided of 'month,' 'land,' 'parish' (see those titles), and other terms.The Act also provides that:-In this Act and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of the Act or to the Crown shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the Sovereign for the time being, and this Act shall be binding on the Crown (s. 30).Statutory powers to make rules, etc., may be exercised from time to ti...


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