abrogation
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ab·ro·gate
(ăb′rə-gāt′)tr.v.ab·ro·gat·ed,ab·ro·gat·ing,ab·ro·gates
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority:"Our existing Aboriginal and treaty rights were now part of the supreme law of the land, and could not be abrogated or denied by any government"(Matthew Coon Come).
ab′ro·ga′tion n.
ab′ro·ga′tive adj.
ab′ro·ga′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | abrogation - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation cancellation - the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement vacation - the act of making something legally void recall - the act of removing an official by petition revocation - the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law" |
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abrogation
nounrevocation,ending,withdrawal,scrapping(informal),setting aside,overriding,voiding,abolition,reversal,repeal,cancellation,quashing,retraction,repudiation,annulment,countermanding,nullification,rescission,invalidationa dereliction of duty and an abrogation of responsibility
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abrogation
nounAn often formal act of putting an end to:
abolishment,abolition,annihilation,annulment,cancellation,defeasance,invalidation,negation,nullification,voidance.
Law:avoidance,extinguishment.
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Let the advocates of a falsely called Philanthropy plead as they may for theabrogation of the Irregular Penal Laws, I for my part have never known an Irregular who was not also what Nature evidently intended him to be -- a hypocrite, a misanthropist, and, up to the limits of his power, a perpetrator of all manner of mischief.
In her plea, Iltija had sought a direction from the apex court to allow her to meet her mother, who is under preventive detention following theabrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Theabrogation by India of Articles 370 and 35A, which gave special status to the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir, is illegal and unilateral action by extremist Narendra Modi, heading the Hindutva movement.
On August 12, the Indian government had written to Twitter to block some accounts after theabrogation of Article 370.
MUZAFFARABAD -- :Acting Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Justice Saeed Akram Thursday led a rally of legal fraternity against revoking of article 370 andabrogation of 35 A by Indian government and lock down of the valley.
To say that public opinion in general stands for theabrogation of 370 would be an oversimplification of the issue.
Theabrogation of Art 370 invited the strongest reactions from both Pakistan and China, which have had an entente cordiale against India since the early 1960s.
The PM will brief the nation on the current state of affairs in the occupied territory where the Narendra Modi government has imposed a curfew since August 05 to suppress protest againstabrogation of Article 370.
But all this fallacy was shattered by theabrogation of Article 370 which gave special status to the State of J and K.
PM Imran apprised the Saudi Prince about the Indian atrocities taking place in the valley after theabrogation of the Article 370.
In occupied Kashmir, thousands of people held anti-India demonstrations in Srinagar againstabrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir by India.
They were speaking at a roundtable discussion at Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on the 'Abrogation of Article 370: Implications and Policy Options for Pakistan'.
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