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

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