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Abrogate 1100 Words You Need Week 15 Day 2

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Abrogate 1100 Words You Need

Abrogate 1100 Words You Need

/ˈæb.rəʊ.geɪt/ (verb)

to end an agreement or contract officially, do away with, cancel, revoke, terminate, abolish, annul, retract, nullify:

Unfortunately, after the turn of the century, this trend to create a web of such agreements started to crack. The first was the US decision to abrogate the ABM treaty, which dated back to 1972, co-signed by Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon. And it was working. I remember, in the seventies people were asking themselves: with so many offensive weapons aimed at each other, why did they choose to start by concluding a treaty limiting defensive assets, ABM?

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Abrogation means cancellation or annulment by authority. Changing one’s mind is not grounds for an agreement being abrogated. Contracts, including marriage contracts and sales agreements, can be abrogated with just cause. If a buyer reneges on a sale he has agreed to in writing without cause, the seller may file suit against him for not following through with his agreement. Furthermore, the seller does not have to return any deposit the buyer put down. Sales agreements can be abrogated because contingencies in the agreement have not been met, or for some other problem relating to the sale.

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Abrogate means to formally repeal or annul a law through an act of custom, constitutional authority, or the legislature. In insurance and contract law, it means to terminate or rescind a contract while in constitutional law, abrogation refers to Congress’ power to revoke the sovereign immunity of a state, thereby authorizing suits against it.

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Noun: abrogation

Farsi: لغو کردن


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