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{{redirect|Repeal Bill|the specific UK bill previously known by that name|European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018}}
A '''repeal''' (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal)<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Repeal}}</ref> is the removal or reversal of a [[law]]. There are two basic types of repeal
Removal of [[primary and secondary legislation|secondary legislation]] is normally referred to as revocation rather than repeal in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]. Under the [[common law]] of [[England and Wales]], the effect of repealing a statute was "to obliterate it completely from the records of Parliament as though it had never been passed."<ref>Kay v. Goodwin (1830) 6 Bing. 576, per Tindal C.J.</ref> This, however, is now subject to savings provisions within the [[Interpretation Act 1978]].
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*The old [[Jim Crow law]]s or [[blue law]]s in the US
*The [[Corn Laws]] in [[England]], repealed in 1846 after a passionate campaign.
*[[Repeal of Prohibition in the United States]]. Enacted by the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition of alcoholic beverages]]
*The massive [[Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Ireland)|Statute Law Revision Act 2007]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]], through which 3,225 Acts were repealed, dating back over eight centuries to 1171 and the earliest laws enacted by [[England]] when it began its invasion of [[Ireland]]. The statutes repealed include a number of Acts of significant historical interest, including an Act of 1542 providing that the Kings of England shall be Kings of Ireland. This Act is the largest single repealing statute in the history of Ireland.
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