desuetude
- The legal principle stating that a law can be voided if it's not been used for a long period of time
- Under the doctrine of desuetude, the old law was abandoned since it hadn't been enforced in many years.
- Some argue that certain statutes have fallen into desuetude because they are rarely, if ever, invoked.
- The lawyer argued for the non-enforcement of the antiquated regulation, citing its desuetude.
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