rerepeal

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verb

To repeal again after reinstating.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbrerepeal (third-person singular simple present rerepeals, present participle rerepealing, simple past and past participle rerepealed)

present singular third person rerepeals · participle present rerepealing · participle past rerepealed · past rerepealed

  1. To repeal again after reinstating.

    It also rerepeals a Section that was amended by an Act of the 87th General Assembly after it was repealed by an internal repealer.

    1991, Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the General Assembly at the Extra Session
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    As the Noble Lord on the woolsack thinks it would be better not to rerepeal the whole of the Act of the 13th George II., I now propose only to repeal the two clauses which have given power to informers to bring vexatious and frivolous suits.

    1840, Mirror of Parliament - Volume 2, page 1522

    For the purpose of permitting slavery there, the “ Missouri compromise " (which limited slavery to the south of 36° 30') was rerepealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas.

    1891, Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich
nounrerepeal (plural rerepeals)

plural rerepeals

  1. An instance of rerepealing.

    I do not think we can cite anything that has been done in the fiscal area to try to either stimulate the economy or slow it down that has had more effect than the enactment, the repeal, the reenactment, the rerepeal, the reenactment of the investment tax credit.

    1977, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business, Impact of the Administration's Tax Stimulus Package on Small Business and Examination of Employment Tax
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    P.A. 85-1440, the First 1989 Revisory Act, provides in Art. II, for the nonsubstantive revision, renumbering, repeal or rerepeal of certain Acts of the 8th General Assembly and, where successor laws have been enacted, incorporates such amendments into successor laws, and corrects errors, revises cross-references and deletes obsolete text in such sections contained in P.A. 85-1015 through P.A. 85-1427.

    2009, West's Smith-Hurd Illinois compiled statutes annotated, page 135

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APA

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Chicago

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