n. Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
n. Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Denial or negation of something said or done; refutation.
n. In law, overthrow or annulment.
Word Usage
"An eminent Judge in our own State once threw out the opinion that there existed in the Constitution no disaffirmance of the power of the legislature to take the property of an individual for _private uses_ with or without compensation."