Disenactment

/ˌdɪsɪnˈæktmənt/ noun

Definition

The act of repealing or undoing a law; the reversal or nullification of a legislative action.

Etymology

From disenact + -ment; a noun form that describes the process or result of reversing legislation that was previously enacted.

Kelly Says

The 'disenactment' of Prohibition in 1933 was technically the repeal of the 18th Amendment—though historians use 'repeal,' 'disenactment' appears in formal legal arguments about how to properly undo laws.

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