| 词汇 | desuetude |
| 释义 | desuetude noun[ U ] law specializeduk /dɪˈsjuː.ɪ.tjuːd/ us /ˈdes.wə.tuːd/ the principle that laws can stop having any legal force when they have not been used for a long time 废弃，不用 Rules & laws administrative admiralty anti-bribery anti-regulatory anti-sodomy binding blue law invocation juridical juridically juristic land tenure legislation provision Rafferty's rules the law is an assidiom the rule of law uncalled uncanonical unenforceable Examples of desuetudedesuetude During the first fifteen years of this century it flourished and then fell into desuetude. Once the church forbade the participation of the clergy in ordeals (1215), they quickly fell into desuetude. As moots fell into desuetude, the inns' educative function also fell into abeyance. We have argued earlier that methods of negotiated settlement between parties in a case of theft long survive the desuetude of the compensation tables. For example, much of our environment and infrastructure is falling into desuetude, even collapsing, in some areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor is this a section of the law which has fallen into desuetude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Though these powers exist, they are in desuetude and have not been invoked for many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will lose those powers—which indeed have fallen into considerable desuetude—which they still legally possess. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have the doctrine which goes by the technical name of desuetude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The much-mentioned desuetude has a positive element of active virtue about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This clause was drafted in 1944 but never used, and it is generally regarded as having fallen into desuetude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly therefore the procedure has fallen in to desuetude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is in desuetude because there has been no passenger service from the station for 23 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The right was won, however, although it fell into desuetude because no one took any notice of petitions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As it stands, it is discriminatory and has almost fallen into desuetude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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