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Desuetude
desuetude n
[Latin desuetudo disuse, from desuescere to lose the habit of]
: a doctrine holding that a statute may be abrogated because of its long disuse
Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.