In civil law, obrogation is the modification or repeal of a law, in whole or in part, by issuing a new law. The word comes from the Latin obrogat, from obrogare. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, obrogation is the enacting of a contrary law that revokes a previous law. It may also mean the partial cancellation or amendment of a law, decree or legal regulation by the imposition of a newer one. The concept thus describes a law being displaced by a later law that contradicts or changes it, in both civil law and Catholic canon law.
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the modification or repeal of a law in whole or in part by issuing a new lawView the Source Obrogation (Wikipedia)
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In civil law, obrogation (Latin: obrogat from obrogare) is the modification or repeal of a law in whole or in part by issuing a new law
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