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Obrogate

Ob′ro-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
obrogatus
, p. p. of
obrogare
to obrogate.]
To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

Definition 2024

obrogate

obrogate

English

Verb

obrogate ‎(third-person singular simple present obrogates, present participle obrogating, simple past and past participle obrogated)

  1. (law, rare) To annul a law by enacting a new law, as opposed to repealing the former law.
    • 1880, Johannes Voet, translated by James Buchanan, Johannes Voet, His Commentary on the Pandects, page 56:
      That a law is surrogated, when anything is added to the former law; that it is obrogated when anything in the former law is changed.

Related terms

  • obrogation

Latin

Participle

obrogāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obrogātus

Etymology

From Latin obrogō.

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