savings statute
- A law specifically designed to protect certain proceedings, remedies, penalties, rights, or liabilities from being affected by an amendment, repeal, or new legislation
- The savings statute protected the ongoing proceedings from the effects of the newly enacted legislation.
- Due to the impact of the savings statute, certain liabilities were preserved notwithstanding the repeal of the previous law.
- The amendment to the law would not affect rights protected under the savings statute.
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