Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not repealed; not revoked or abrogated; remaining in force.
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- adjective Not
repealed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We can trace this "Licence to Elect" from the days of the Great Charter downwards; but it will suffice for my present purpose to recall the unrepealed legislation of Henry VIII.
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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Currently, 39 states have pending, unrepealed, calls for an unrestricted convention.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Constitutional Challenges to the Health Care Bill 2010
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I believe that, under other possibly unrepealed laws dating back to Henry VIII, the villagers now have the right to confiscate all church property and to declare themselves divorced.
Britain's Archery Mandate Kevin Underhill 2010
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While I am always happy to see somebody invoking an unrepealed medieval law, and I have no problem with archery in general, the research she cited did not seem especially ironclad.
Britain's Archery Mandate Kevin Underhill 2010
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Currently, 39 states have pending, unrepealed, calls for an unrestricted convention.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Constitutional Challenges to the Health Care Bill 2010
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A vicar in England has relied on an unrepealed law from the middle ages to require all men in her village to report to archery practice.
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"It's an unrepealed law from some time in the Middle Ages," said Rev. Edwards, "and I can call all the men -- but I've extended it to all people -- in the parish to archery practice."
Britain's Archery Mandate Kevin Underhill 2010
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A vicar in England has relied on an unrepealed law from the middle ages to require all men in her village to report to archery practice.
Weird Legal News: Ancient Archery Law and God’s Ambassadors on the Bench : Law is Cool 2010
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The Legislation Act also repeals several hundred old unconsolidated, unrepealed Ontario statutes, but several hundred others survived the purge because of doubt.
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So long, however, as the privileges granted Lubeck were unrepealed, the Dutch Towns were reluctant to incur her enmity by sending ships to Sweden.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Paul Barron Watson
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