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Annul vs Obrogate - What's the difference?

annul | obrogate |

As verbs the difference between annul and obrogate

is that annul is to formally revoke the validity of while obrogate is (legal|rare) to annul a law by enacting a new law, as opposed to repealing the former law.

annul

English

Verb

  • To formally revoke the validity of.
  • To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

    • Derived terms

    * annulment

    Related terms

    * (formally revoke the validity of''): make ''or render null and void, null, nullify * (dissolve (a marital union) ): dissolve

    References

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    obrogate

    English

    Verb

    (obrogat)
  • (legal, rare) To annul a law by enacting a new law, as opposed to repealing the former law.
  • * 1880 , Johannes Voet, translated by James Buchanan, Johannes Voet, His Commentary on the Pandects , page 56[http://books.google.com/books?id=irgDAAAAQAAJ]:
    • That a law is surrogated'', when anything is added to the former law; that it is ''obrogated when anything in the former law is changed.

    Related terms

    *obrogation ----