Betydelse av repeal på svenska

• 0 If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force.

• 1 the act of removing the legal force of a law:

  • We're campaigning for a/the repeal of the abortion laws.

  • Twenty nine senators said they opposed repeal of the death penalty.

• 2 (of a government) to make a law no longer a law:

  • Legislators repealed the sales tax.

• 3 to state officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force:

  • Previous efforts to repeal the law have failed.

  • The state estimates about $41 million will be lost each year if the food tax is repealed.

• 4 the act of stating officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force:

  • a repeal of sth The governor lobbied for repeal of the death penalty.

  • They want to make sure their cashflow will be unaffected before they decide to back a repeal.