Abrogation

[L. abrogatio, fr. abrogare: cf. F. abrogation.]
The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

Definition: repudiation
Antonyms: institution, introduction

The destruction or annulling of a former law by an act of the legislative power, by constitutional authority, or by usage. It stands opposed to rogation; and is distinguished from derogation, which implies the taking away of only some part of a law; from subrogation, which denotes the substitution of a clause; from dispensation, which only sets it aside in a particular instance; and from antiquation, which is the refusing to pass a law.

For example, the abrogation of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, was accomplished by the enactment of the Twenty-first Amendment. Implied abrogation takes place when a new law contains provisions that are positively contrary to a former law, without expressly abrogating such laws, or when the order of things for which the law has been made no longer exists.

Abrogation can refer to the following concepts:

• Abrogation doctrine, a doctrine in United States constitutional law
• Naskh (exegesis) (Arabic for abrogation), a genre of Islamic exegesis dealing with the problem of seemingly conflicting legal material

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