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republication definition - legal

n

An affirmative action to publish anew an instrument, such as a will, that had been previously revoked or repudiated. The revocation of a subsequent will cannot revive an earlier one without such an affirmation or use of a codicil.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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