Repeal

Date "repeal" was first used: sometime around 1385. (references)

Food & Agriculture

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Synonyms: Repeal

Abrogation

Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate.

Noun: abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur; canceling; Verb: cancel; revocation, revokement; repeal, rescission, defeasance.

Crosswords: Repeal

Word is they're going to repeal Prohibition. (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness)

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Books

• American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition (The American Social Experience Series) (reference)

• Antitrust: The Case for Repeal (reference)

• From Creditor to Debtor: The U.s Pursuit of Foreign Capital-The Case of the Repeal of the Withholding Tax (Foreign Economic Policy of the United Sta) (reference)

• Politics, Shipping, and the Repeal of the Navigation Laws (reference)

• Repeal of the Blues (reference)

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Justice to Ireland. [blank] Repeal Association.Credit: Library of Congress.

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766.Credit: Library of Congress.

The people demand of the United States the [...] repeal of the resumption law, remonetization of silver [...].Credit: Library of Congress.

Repeal Association. He who commits a crime strengthens the enemy of his country / on stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, lith. Phila.Credit: Library of Congress.

Every child a wanted child : repeal the abortion laws.Credit: Library of Congress.

Repeal all abortion laws.Credit: Library of Congress.

Enforced labour : repeal the abortion laws.Credit: Library of Congress.

Repeal all anti-abortion laws : vote Socialist Workers in '72 : Linda Jenness for President, Andrew Pulley for Vice-President.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

However, since 1996, the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been working to repeal RPM for branded prescription and OTC medicaments. (references)

Children

Malaysia

The bill allows caning, but this punishment is limited to male children, who may receive a maximum of 10 strokes with a "light cane." Entry into force of the new law would repeal three other laws governing child prostitution, child abuse, and delinquency, including the Women and Girls Protection Act, the Juvenile Courts Act, and the Child Protection Act. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

Many students, NGO's, and opposition political parties called for the repeal or amendment of the act. (references)

Vanuatu

There has been no effort to repeal the act; however, it remains dormant and is not regarded as inhibiting religious practice. (references)

Economic History

Ecuador

However, dealers whose relationships predated the repeal may continue to take action under the law. (references)

Nigeria

Many industry watchers and financial analysts continue to call for a repeal of the current, ineffective law. (references)

United Kingdom

Although Parliament has the theoretical power to make or repeal any law, in actual practice the weight of 700 years of tradition restrains arbitrary actions. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

In July it submitted a proposal to Parliament to repeal the ISA. (references)

Mexico

In 1999 the Congress and the states passed constitutional reforms designed to streamline the administration of justice and repeal archaic laws. (references)

Malaysia

Opposition leaders and human rights organizations continued to call on the Government to repeal the ISA and other legislation that deprived persons of the right to defend themselves in court. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Commission (ATSIC) welcomed this repeal and called upon Western Australia to follow suit. (references)

Political Economy

Nepal

These include exclusive authority to enact, amend, and repeal laws relating to succession to the throne. (references)

ROMANIA

Both have impacted foreign investments in Romania, although the impact of repeal of the former was negative, while the repeal of the latter was mixed. (references)

Political Rights

Nepal

The King has exclusive authority to enact, amend, and repeal laws relating to succession to the throne. (references)

Zimbabwe

The bill would give the Registrar General the authority to amend the voters roll at will, repeal the provision for absentee ballots except for a limited exception, and effectively would prohibit mounting political posters in public areas. (references)

Hong Kong

A motion proposed by a prodemocracy legislator to repeal restrictions on private members' bills was rejected in January 2000; however, the Legislative Council's degree of popular representation and outspokenness gives the Government cause to consider its views. (references)

Trade

Haiti

The GOH is committed to repeal this discriminatory tax. (references)

Australia

Historically, Australian banks have not operated under the restrictions that limited U.S. bank operations between 1933 and the recent repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. (references)

Zambia

Foreign Exchange Controls Affecting Trade: Following repeal of the Exchange Control Act in February 1994, Zambia established full convertibility in both the current and capital accounts. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

With the repeal of the short-lived collective bargaining legislation, the prehandover framework continued. (references)

Dominica

The ILO has asked the Government to repeal the National Service Act, on the grounds that it is conducive to forced labor for economic development. (references)

Indonesia

A series of strikes affecting a number of cities, including Bandung, Gresik, and Surabaya, occurred in June over the repeal of Manpower Ministry Decree 150 on severance pay. (references)

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Expression using "repeal": repeal a law. Additional references.

Albanian

shfuqizoj (abolish, abrogate, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, rescind), shfuqizim (abrogation, invalidity, negation, nullification, rescission), anuloj (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, void, withdraw), anulim (abolishment, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, cassation, Defeasance, defeat, invalidation, nullification, recall, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فسخ (abrogate, annul, annulment, countermand, defeat, invalidate, invalidation, negate, nullify, repudiation, rescind, rescission, revocation, revoke, void), ‏نقض (break, countermand, dart, descend, disallow, hurl curses, negative, precipitate, rebuttal, recantation, rescind, storm, swoop, veto), ‏إلغاء (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, nullification, recall, rescission, revocation), ‏إبطال (abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, circumvention, counteraction, defeasance, frustration, invalidation, negation, nullification, rescission, reversal, revocation, vitiation), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vacate, vitiate, void). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отменяване (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, cancellation), отменяне (abatement, annulment, cancellation, recall, recision, rescission, retractation, reversal, revocation, undoing, withdrawal), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, remit, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), анулиране (abatement, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, cassation, defeat, invalidation, nullification, recision, rescission, retraction, voidance, write off), анулирам (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, blank, countermand, disannul, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, recall, rescind, revoke, unmake, write off). (various references)

Chinese 

�'�銷 , �'��"� (deactivate, Repealed, Repealing), 廢除 (abolish, abrogate). (various references)

Czech

zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), zrušení (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, breach, cancellation, diriment, dissolution, recall, renunciation, rescission, withdrawal), odvolat (abolish, abrogate, annul, call, call away, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, cry off, draw off, recall, recant, renounce, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, swallow, take back, take off, undo, unsay, unswear, withdraw), odvolání (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, appeal, countermand, recall, recantation, remedy, rescission, retractility, retraction, revocation, withdrawal). (various references)

Danish

betegnelse for ophævelse af spiritusforbudet. (various references)

Dutch

opheffing (abrogation, cancellation, rescission, show of hands, suspension, suspension of staff, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)), intrekking (abrogation, cancellation, rescission, revocation), afschaffing (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, cancellation, rescission). (various references)

Farsi 

فسخ (Recision, Revocation, Revoke, Waiver), لغوکردن (Abrogate, Annul, Cancel, Countermand, Disannul, Nullify, Revoke), لغو (Revocation, Waiver), الغاء (Administration), احضارکردن (Call, Evoke, Muster, Remand), احضار (Call, Summon, Vocation), بازگردانی (Rendition, Repercussion, Restitution). (various references)

Finnish

kumoaminen (abort, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, erasure, rescission), kieltolain kumoaminen. (various references)

French

abroger (remit), abrogation (rescission). (various references)

German

Aufhebung (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, breaking off, cancelation, cancellation, closing, dissolving, lifting, nullification, quashing, raising, recision, removal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, resolution, resolving, reversal, revocation, sublation, withdrawal), aufheben (abolish, abrogate, annul, break, break off, cancel, cancel out, close, dissolve, do away with, fuss, keep, lever, lift, lift off, lift up, make up for, neutralize, offset, pick up, quash, raise, remove, rescind, reserve, resolve, reverse, revoke, save up, set aside, to abolish, to abrogate, to annul, to override, to pick up, to repeal, to rescind, to suspend, unmake, void, withdrawal). (various references)

Greek 

ακυρώνω (abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, nullify, overide, rescind, scrub, to override, void), ανακαλώ (abrogate, annul, call off, countermand, recall, renege, rescind, retract, revoke). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבטל חוק (abrogate, invalidate, revoke a law). (various references)

Hungarian

visszavonás (cancellation, recantation, retractation, retraction, revocation, withdrawal), hatálytalanítás (avoidance, cancellation, Defeasance, invalidation, recission). (various references)

Italian

abrogazione (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, rescission). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�退 (evacuation, retreat, revocation, withdrawal), �'�去 (revocation, withdrawal), �'�回 (revocation, withdrawal), 廃棄 (abandon, annullment, discarding, disposal, scrap), 廃止 (abolition). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はいし (abolition, embryo), はいき (abandon, annullment, discarding, disposal, exhaust, scrap, ventilation), てったい (evacuation, retreat, revocation, withdrawal), てっきょ (revocation, withdrawal), てっかい (revocation, withdrawal). (