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an official or legal cancellation

The paper argued that the law is arbitrary and undermines competition and therefore ought to be repealed.
Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies -- http://www.cato.org/research/trade-st.html (retrieved 06/29/06)

While government has grown on the whole, we have reformed or repealed many programs ... to excellent effect.
Christopher DeMuth -- After the Ascent -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.11289,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [repealing Prohibition] -- http://www.cato.org/constitution/amendments_en.html (retrieved 06/29/06)
They know better than to attack the advocacy community's sacred cows, and they know that no regulation is ever repealed.
Michael S. Greve -- Subprime, but not Half-Bad -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.19271/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
In 1844 he succeeded in getting the House to repeal the gag rule.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad
All laws were repealed which extended the crime of treason beyond the statute of the twenty-fifth of Edward III.
Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
We'll repeal the population limitation laws.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
"Expulsion repealed," the Chancellor said firmly and I felt Ambrose's satisfaction flicker and wane beside me.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
I wanted to give her hope that someday the Population Law would be repealed.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
Repealed by amendment 21.
United States 'Founding Fathers' -- The Constitution of the United States
But, instead of following tradition, I suggest one house legislators, another whose single duty is to repeal laws.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Hefley's "OSHA Reform Act" would essentially repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
"Repeal this statute, my good sir?" says Mr. Kenge to a smarting client.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
Mark the high noises; and thyself bewray, When false opinion, whose wrong thought defiles thee, In thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee.
William Shakespeare -- King Lear
It would be a hollow gesture to repeal the Gold Law prohibitions against Africans when all gold mines are owned by European companies.
Nelson Mandela -- I Am Prepared to Die
Is there no voice more worthy than my own, To sound more sweetly in great Caesar's ear For the repealing of my banish'd brother?
William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar
Don't try dreaming about any repeals.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
Each had the power to annul or repeal the acts of the other.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
And as its next order of business, the Legislature promptly passed resolutions instructing its Senators to urge repeal of the Embargo.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers

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