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US
/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɹɪvəkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪvəkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the state of being cancelled or annulled
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the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done
the revocation of a law
How To Use revocation In A Sentence
- A signature-revocation effort by opponents made a dent in the final tally but was not enough to keep the initiative off the ballot.
- Testaments were vitiated in several ways: nullum, void from the beginning, where there was a defect in the institution of the heir or incapacity in the testator; injustum, not legally executed and hence void; ruptum, by revocation or by the agnation of a posthumous child, either natural or civil; irruptum, where the testator had lost the civil status necessary for testation; destitutum, where the heir defaulted because dead or unwilling, or upon failure of the condition; recissum, as the consequence of a legal attack upon an undutiful will. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
- The city has pursued fines or licence revocations for thousands of drivers.
- Some of these ISPs have tried to cancel contracts with spammers, but revocation can be costly.
- the revocation of a law
- And, the prevocational and vocational courses, covered an alphabetical range from agriculture and auto mechanics to tinsmithing and welding. The Need for Canadian Military Preparation
- The document discusses options for action short of revocation.
- Some of these ISPs have tried to cancel contracts with spammers, but revocation can be costly.
- The first was the revocation of extraterritoriality and the Nanjing Treaty tariff; the second was the continued influence of Japan in Shandong.
- Any felony crime results in an automatic lifetime revocation.