abolition of a law

  • 121censorship — cen·sor·ship n: the institution, system, or practice of censoring compare freedom of speech, prior restraint Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 122disuse — I noun abandonment, abolishment, abolition, abstinence, archaism, cessation of use, decay, desuetude, discontinuance, discontinuation, disregard, disusage, failure to use, ignorement, inattention, inusitation, neglect, nonemployment, nonuse,… …

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  • 123elimination — I noun abatement, abolition, annihilation, cancellation, curtailment, depletion, destruction, discardment, discharge, disposal, disposition, disqualification, dissolution, ejection, emptying, end, eradication, evulsion, exclusion, excretion,… …

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  • 124vacation — va·ca·tion n 1: a period in which activity or work is suspended; specif: an interval between judicial terms 2: an act or instance of vacating vacation of a judgment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 125imputation system — A tax system operated in some jurisdictions (for example, in the UK until the abolition of advance corporation tax on 6 April 1999), which imputes or attributes to shareholders a credit for the tax suffered by the company on its income. This… …

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  • 126feudal system — the social and economic system operating in England from the 11th century and in Scotland from the 12th century and having as its legal manifestation the holding (rather than ownership) of land via a hierarchical system of tenures. In England,… …

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  • 127ground annual — in Scotland, and prior to 1974, a form of pecuniary real burden. A contract of ground annual was the sale of land to be paid for by annual payments in perpetuity. Apart from the burden in the transfer, the contract provides for a reconveyance in… …

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  • 128obliteration — index abatement (extinguishment), abolition, annulment, catastrophe, censorship, defacement, destruction …

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