Give an example please. Except for perhaps the repeal of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) I can't think of when it has ever happened.
However the correct terminololgy would probably be 'RE-Enacted.'
To cancel a law if may be NULLIFIED or REPEALED.
It was actually the 18th Amendment, which was repealed via the 21st Amendment in 1933.
legislation
yes
A 'bill' is what the legislation is called before it becomes a 'law.'
No, if the law has been repealed then it is inactive and is not a legal basis for anything.
When a law has been repealed, it means "to rescind or annul by authoritative act". In other words, that law is no longer a law.
1984
unfortunately it can be
This is called legislation or statutory law.
I'm writing this on March 9th, 2011. It was not repealed yet. Keep praying... It can not be repealed as it is the law of the land and upheld by the Supreme Court.
The law which forbade marriages between patricians and plebeians was part of a stet of laws which was called the Law of the Twelve Tables. The law caused outrage and was later repealed.