disapply

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verb

To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbdisapply (third-person singular simple present disapplies, present participle disapplying, simple past and past participle disapplied)

present singular third person disapplies · participle present disapplying · participle past disapplied · past disapplied

  1. transitivelawTo decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied

    If we were to accept Amendment No. 144D, the effect of that would be to disapply the definition from properties that are not yet on the market.

    2004 October 19, House of Lords Hansard for 19 Oct 2004, pt 5
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    Article 4 does not require Italy to disapply its domestic legislation governing the sale of insect repellent products on the ground that, in another Member State, Germany in this instance, their marketing is not subject to any authorisation or registration.

    2004 February 12, Opinion of Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo, Court of Justice of the European Communities, in Case C-443/02, point 54

    The hard-right New Conservatives grouping demanded that Sunak’s new legislation “must disapply the Human Rights Act”, while the former home secretary Suella Braverman, who was sacked by Sunak last week, said the new bill must exclude all avenues of legal challenge.

    2023 November 19, Rajeev Syal, “Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Latinapplicō
  7. Old Frenchapplier
  8. Middle Englishaplien
  9. Englishapply
  10. Englishdisapply

From dis- + apply.

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APA

disapply. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapply

MLA

“disapply.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapply. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disapply,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disapply.

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