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rerepeal

rerepeal verb: to repeal again after reinstating.

Verb

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

  1. To repeal again after reinstating.
    • 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

Noun

rerepeal (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
    • 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...2009, West's Smith-Hurd Illinois compiled statutes annotated, page 135

Forms of rerepeal

Verb
third-person singular presentrerepeals
present participlererepealing
past participlererepealed
pastrerepealed
Noun
pluralrerepeals

Origin of rerepeal

From re- + repeal.

Questions about rerepeal

What does rerepeal mean?
Rerepeal means to repeal again after reinstating.
What part of speech is rerepeal?
Rerepeal can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rerepeal?
The past tense of rerepeal is rerepealed.

Words near rerepeal in the dictionary

  1. rerenders
  2. rerent
  3. rerented
  4. rerenting
  5. rerents
  6. rerepeal
  7. rerepealed
  8. rerepealing
  9. rerepeals
  10. rerepeat
  11. rerepeated

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