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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 105 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REPEAL (O.F. rapel,
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modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler,
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appeal)
  , the abrogation, revocation or annulling of a law (see ABROGATION and
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STATUTE) . The word is particularly used in
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English
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history of the
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movement led by Daniel O'Connell (q.v.) for the repeal of the act of Union between
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Great Britain and Ireland in 1830 and 1841–46, which in its later development became known as the Nationalist or Home
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Rule movement (see IRELAND, History) .

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