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abrogate definition - legal

v

  1. To annul, cancel, destroy, overturn, repeal, revoke, set aside, supercede, or otherwise do away with or put an end to.
  2. To abolish a custom or law by some authoritative, formal, legislative, or other legally effective method.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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