abrogation
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Westside residents who lost everything try to recall the mayor for her supposed abrogation of duty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
So the party's decision not to field any candidates in the ongoing general election - the first in the region since the abrogation of Article 370 - has come as a surprise to many.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
“If the state chooses for a human being who to fall in love with,” he said, “that would be the greatest abrogation of our most basic rights.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
“There is no reason the law should analyze an abrogation of the right to exclude in one manner if it extends for 365 days, but in an entirely different manner if it lasts for 364.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021
Against this he had made a special appeal to the Holy See in April, 1243, and a special bull of May 16, 1244, was required for its abrogation.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
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