desuetude Englisch Deutsch:
desuetude Definition:
- In law, desuetude is a doctrine that causes statutes, similar legislation or legal principles to lapse and become unenforceable by a long habit of non-enforcement or lapse of time. It is what happens to laws that are not repealed when they become obsolete. It is the legal doctrine that long and continued non-use of a law renders it invalid, at least in the sense that courts will no longer tolerate punishing its transgressors. The policy of inserting sunset clauses into a constitution or charter of rights or into regulations and other delegatedsubordinate legislation made under an Act can be regarded as a statutory codification of the common-law doctrine.
| Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use |
| desuetude a state of inactivity or disuse |
desuetude Synonyme:
| desuetude abandonment absentation abstention abstinence casting away cease cessation close closing closure conclusion discontinuance discontinuation disuse end ending evacuation forsaking jettison jettisoning leaving nonemployment nonprevalence nonuse obsolescence obsoleteness obsoletion obsoletism pensioning off pulling out retirement superannuation throwing overboard unprevalence withdrawal |