0 past simple and past participle of repeal
1 If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force.
In addition, the size and general configuration of patented machines changed considerably in the decade before the brick tax was repealed.
None of these ' emergency measures ' were subsequently repealed after 1918.
However, it is noticeable that such legislation initially remained geographically limited in its scope and was either temporary in its nature or quickly repealed.
Unsurprisingly, all the 1909 and 1914 land taxation provisions had been repealed by 1920.
More generally, my interest in certain laws being passed or repealed can be furthered only by citizens and representatives.
My survey showed almost 70% of couples wanted the ban to be repealed.
However, because older statutes were rarely repealed, the books were rife with obsolete statutes.
This rule restricting membership to male household heads has since been repealed.
