noun
definition
An act which belittles; disparagement.
definition
The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
Examples of derogation in a Sentence
The initial period of derogation was three years, after which some plants were granted further temporary derogation 4 See vol.
So far so good, except that the current derogation ends on 31 December 2006.
Considering the liability of corruption to breed corruption we can hardly blame him if he does not, and we may say that it is no derogation to his fides if he makes self-evident corrections.
This permits a derogation only where ' the duration of the working time is not measured or predetermined ' .
Prior to its accession to the European Union, Malta negotiated a derogation on the question of investment in real estate.
The purpose of the ADR MAs is to allow a temporary derogation of up to 5 years from the provisions of ADR.
In addition some slaughterhouses could apply to have permanent derogation.
A further derogation from the ideal of democratic austerity was committed by adding 80,000 per annum to the kings civil list (14th May 1877) and by burdening the state exchequer with royal household pensions amounting to 20,000 a year.
This explanation of the decline is supported by the almost unanimous opinion of the medical profession in the countries in question, and substantial evidence can be found everywhere of the extensive prevalence of the doctrine and practice of what has been termed, in further derogation of the repute of the "much misrepresented Malthus," Neomalthusianism.
The common law is that which is intended to regulate the whole body; special or local law is that which is concerned with certain districts or certain categories of persons, by derogation from or addition to the common law.
He was charged with assisting to procure the commission of regency in derogation of the royal authority, and sentence of banishment was passed, forty days being given him during which to leave the realm.
In addition, a special derogation has been granted to the owners of ponies grazing in the New Forest and on Dartmoor.
Whether in the case of national or provincial councils, or of diocesan synods, the chief object of the decrees is to reinforce, define or apply the law; the measures which constitute a derogation have only a small place in them.