Definition of "abrogation" []

• The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. (noun)

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• "(BTW, how can Scalia be a “textualist” when he joins the decisions requiring a demonstrated legislative record — i.e., materials outside the text of the law — of state evil before abrogation is proper?)"
• "Bush's doctrine of the "unitary executive," a two-word abrogation of the Constitution, dispenses with those precautions."
• "The problem, though, is that the violent verses take precedence due to something called abrogation."