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DEROGATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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The partial repeal or abolishing of a law, as by a subsequent actwhich limits its scope or impairs its utility and force. Distinguished from abrogation,which means the entire repeal and annulment of a law. Dig. 50, 17, 102.

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