Unrepealed Sentence Examples

On the other hand, the Odense Recess of the 10th of August 1527, which put both confessions on a footing of equality, remained unrepealed; and so long as it remained in force, the spiritual jurisdiction of the bishops, and, consequently, their authority over the " free preachers " (whose ambition convulsed all the important towns of Denmark and aimed at forcibly expelling the Catholic priests from their churches) remained valid, to the great vexation of the reformers.

The present effect of this unrepealed act, as stated in Boyd v.

It remained indeed unrepealed, as many laws have done since, long after it had become a mere dead letter.