LekhoriLekhoriTo cancel, invalidate, annul.
to repeal a law
To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald, Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.
To suppress; to repel.
Whence Adam soon repeal’d The doubts that in his heart arose.
An act or instance of repealing.
Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.
From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.
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